RPC IX, 2066

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 2066
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) G(aius) Mes(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 PR F AVG F C CAES METR(O) P (S P)
Edition col(onia) Pr(ima) F(lavia) Aug(usta) F(elix) C(oncordia?) Caes(area) Metro(polis) S(yriae) P(alaestinae)
Translation Colony First Flavian Augustan Felix Concordia? Caesarea, metropolis of the province of Syria Palaestina
Reverse design Salus seated left, on rock, feeding serpent in front of her from patera
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 19.11 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference Kadman II 142
Specimens 4 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Haifa-MA: 1/43 Kadman II 142, pl. XII
2 2     St Petersburg Kadman II 142
3 3     ✸ CNG EA 208, 8 Apr. 2009, lot 299
4 4     CNG EA 538, 10 May 2023, lot 456 = Triton 19, 5 Jan. 2016, lot 373