RPC IX, 2210

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 2210
Province Arabia
Region Arabia
City Bostra
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG
Nominative Imperator Caesar Messius Quintus Traianus Decius Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription CONCORDIA BOSTREN(O)RVM
Reverse design Jupiter Ammon standing right, in military dress, with headdress of ram’s horns and disk, giving hand to Fortuna standing left, holding cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Axis 1, 6, 7, 12
Reference Spijkerman 63, Kindler 48
Specimens 16 (6 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1908,0110.1445 BMC 45, pl. IV.11, rev.
2 2     L: 1908,0110.1446 BMC 44
3 3     P: 2006/75
4 4     ✸ B: I-B
5 5     B: Löbb.
6 6     NY: 1944.100.69310 SNG 1251
7 7     Bern: Righetti 2530
8 8     IMJ Sofaer 56
9 9     IMJ: 82.04227
10 10     J-SBF Spijkerman 63, pl. 17
11 11     Tel Aviv Kindler 48, pl. IV
12 12     CNG 46, 24 June 1998, lot 922 (part of)
13 13     CNG EA 192, 23 July 2008, lot 159
14 14     Münster: 1105 CNG EA 250, 23 Feb. 2011, lot 290 = CNG EA 239, 25 Aug. 2010, lot 427
15 15     CGT coll. = CNG EA 356, 29 July 2015, lot 405
16 16     Lindgren I, 2543