RPC IX, 2061

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 2061
Province Syria Palaestina
Region Samaria
City Caesarea Maritima
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP C C M[S?] Q TRA DECIVS AVG
Edition Imperator Caesar Caius Messius Quintus Traianus Decius Augustus Imp(erator) C(aesar) C(aius) M<e>s(sius) Q(uintus) Tra(ianus) Decius Aug(ustus)
Translation Emperor Caesar Gaius Messius Quintus Trajan Decius Augustus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription COL P(R) F(L) AVG (C) CAES MET S P, (P)ORTVS A(V)GVSTI
Edition colonia Prima Flavia Augusta Concordia? Caesarea metropolis Syriae Palaestinae Portus Augusti col(onia) Pr(ima) Fl(avia) Aug(usta) C(oncordia?) Caes(area) met(ropolis) S(yriae) P(alaestinae) Portus Augusti
Translation the first Flavian colony of Augusta Concordia(?), Caesarea, metropolis of Syria Palaestina; the port of Augustus
Reverse design galley with four rowers and two vexilla, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 17.07 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference Kadman II 152
Specimens 6 (0 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ IMJ Sofaer 118 = Triton I, 2 Dec. 1997, lot 282 (Righetti)
2 2     IMJ: 78.02170
3 3     IMJ: 82.03842 Rosenberger II, 128
4 4     Tel Aviv Meshorer, Eretz-Israel, p. 110, no. 33
5 5     CNG MBS 69, 8 June 2005, lot 1251 = CNG EA 344, 11 Feb. 2015, lot 395
6 6     J. Scholz, ‘Griechische Münzen aus meiner Sammlung’, NZ 43 (1910), p. 29 = W. Kubitschek, ‘Zu Münzen von Caesarea in Samaria’, NZ 44 (1911), p. 13–20