RPC IX, 1681

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1681
Province Syria Coele
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Issue Group 3 and 4: bronze city coinage
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Γ ΜΕ ΚΥ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΔΕΚΙΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Gaius Messius Quintus Traianus Decius Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΟΛΩΝ, Δ Ε, S C
Reverse design portable shrine with four columns enclosing statue of Tyche seated, facing, with river god (Orontes) facing, at her feet; above, ram running right; usually, carry-bars at the base of the shrine
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Axis 1, 4, 5, 6, 11, 12
Reference CRS 502a, McAlee 1150
Specimens 23 (13 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 600, pl. XXV.12
2 2     L: 1844,0425.276 BMC 601
3 3     P: 853
4 4     ✸ P: Y23879/41, Seyrig
5 5     B: 18257627, Löbb
6 6     C
7 7     C McClean 9417
8 8     Cop SNG 284
9 9     G SNG 3095
10 10     NY: 1944.100.59353
11 11     NY: 1948.19.1959
12 12     O
13 13     V: GR 21564
14 14     A-BoG: NP 3200
15 15     CNG 49, 17 Mar. 1999, lot 1097
16 16     CNG EA 263, 31 Aug. 2011, lot 263
17 17     CNG EA 305, 26 June 2013, lot 218
18 18     CNG EA 99, 13 Oct. 2004, lot 84
19 19     Lindgren I, A2021A
20 20     McAlee coll. = McAlee 1150
21 21     Leeds-UL: 445
22 22     Freiburg: 12376
23 23     C. Rhodes coll.