RPC IX, 2062

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 2062
Province Syria Palaestina
Region Samaria
City Caesarea Maritima
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP C C MES Q TRA DECIVS AVG
Edition Imp(erator) C(aesar) C(aius) Mes(sius) Q(uintus) Tra(ianus) Decius Aug(ustus)
Translation Emperor Caesar Gaius Messius Quintus Trajan Decius Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription COL PR F AVG F C CAES ME[TR P]
Edition col(onia) Pr(ima) F(lavia) Aug(usta) F(elix) C(oncordia) Caes(area) metr(opolis) p(rovinciae)
Translation the first Flavian colony of Augusta Felix(?) Concordia(?), Caesarea, metropolis of the province
Reverse design Jupiter seated left, holding thunderbolt and sceptre; at feet, eagle
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 16.39 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference BMC 144, Kadman II 132
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1908,0110.1618 BMC 144
2 2     IMJ: 78.02158 Rosenberger II, 118