RPC IX, 3

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 3
Province Moesia Superior
Region Moesia
City Viminacium
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Issue AN XI
Dating AD 249/50
Obverse inscription IMP CAES C MES Q DECIVS P F AVG
Edition Imp(erator) Caes(ar) G(aius) Mes(sius) Q(uintus) Decius P(ius) F(elix) Aug(ustus)
Translation Emperor Caesar Gaius Messius Quintus Decius Pious Fortunate Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription P M S COL VIM, AN XI
Edition P(rovincia) M(oesia) S(uperior) col(onia) Vim(inacium) an(no) XI
Translation Province of Moesia Superior, colony Viminacium, in the year 11
Reverse design Pax standing left, holding branch and sceptre on which Victory is standing left, holding wreath and palm; at left, bull standing right; at right, lion standing left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 15.25 g
Axis 1, 6, 7, 12
Reference AMNG 123
Specimens 23 (10 in the core collections)

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