RPC IX, 2176

 

Image of specimen #12

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 2176
Province Syria Palaestina
Region Judaea
City Aelia Capitolina
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP C C MES Q TRA DECIVS AVG
Nominative Imperator Caesar Gaius Messius Quintus Traianus Decius Augustus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription COL AEL KAP COM(M) P F
Reverse design Decius, togate, standing right, holding sceptre, and Etruscus, togate, standing left, facing each other, clasping hands
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 6, 12
Reference Kadman I I 172, Meshorer 156
Specimens 14 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1908,0110.1986 BMC 101
2 2     NY: 1944.100.63155 Meshorer 156 = SNG 628
3 3     Beirut-AUB: 1963 Baramki 57
4 4     J-MJA: 3257 Kadman I 172
5 5     IMJ Sofaer 143
6 6     IMJ: 90.002.13313
7 7     IMJ: 90.002.13314
8 8     IMJ: 90.002.13314
9 9     Tel Aviv: 191 Kadman I 172
10 10     Tel Aviv: 192 Kadman I 172
11 11     CNG 90, 23 May 2012, lot 1205
12 12     ✸ CNG EA 239, 25 Aug. 2010, lot 414
13 13     CNG EA 314, 6 Nov. 2013, lot 287
14 14     Sternberg 34, 22 Oct. 1993, lot 316