RPC IX, 1757

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1757
Province Syria Coele
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Issue Group 3, officina 6
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Γ ΜΕ ΚΥ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΔΕΚΙΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Γ(άϊος) Μέ(σσιος) Κύ(ϊντος) Τραϊανὸς Δέκιος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Gaius Messius Quintus Traianus Decius 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
Edition Δημαρχ(ικῆς) Ἐξουσίας S(enatus) C(onsulto)
Translation holder of the tribunitian power, by decree of the Senate
Reverse design eagle standing on palm, left, spreading wings, holding wreath in beak
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 12.20 g
Axis 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12
Reference Prieur 586 (8), McAlee 1126f
Specimens 13 (5 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1948,0602.15
2 2     L: 1991,1203.18 Amman hoard no. 91
3 3     ✸ NY: 1944.100.59293
4 4     NY: 1944.100.59294
5 5     NY: 1944.100.59295
6 6     CNG 35, 20 Sept. 1995, lot 700
7 7     CNG EA 141, 7 June 2006, lot 153
8 8     CNG EA 326, 7 May 2014, lot 323
9 9     Dura Excavations 511
10 10     Künker 71, 12 Mar. 2002, lot 1281
11 11     MünzZentrum 31, 27 Apr. 1977, lot 128
12 12     Roma Numismatics EA 8, 31 May 2014, lot 464
13 13     Nomos, Obolos 15, 24 May 2020, lot 708