RPC IX, 1663

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1663
Province Syria Coele
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Issue Group 2, officina 6
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Γ ΜΕ ΚΥ ΔΕΚΙΟϹ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Gaius Messius Quintus Decius Traianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from rear; below bust: Ϛ (sometimes retrograde)
Reverse inscription ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ΕΞΟΥϹΙΑϹ, S C
Reverse design eagle standing on palm, left, spreading wings, holding wreath in beak
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 28 mm
Axis 6
Reference Prieur 533 (5), McAlee 1116f
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1991,1203.9 Amman hoard no. 47
2 2     NY: 1944.100.59235
3 3     Bland V.15
4 4     Dura Excavations 484
5 5     Elsen 92, 9 June 2007, lot 481
6 6     McAlee coll. = McAlee 1116f