RPC IX, 1564

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1564
Province Mesopotamia
Region Mesopotamia
City Rhesaena
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Issue Group 1
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΓΑΙ ΜΕϹ ΚΥ ΤΡΑ 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 ϹΕΠ ΡΗϹΑΙΝΗϹΙωΝ L III P
Reverse design turreted and veiled Tyche seated on rocks, left, holding ears of corn; at her feet, river god (Chaboras) swimming; above, eagle with wreath in beak
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Axis 4, 6, 12
Reference Castelin 45–6
Specimens 5 (5 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 2169 Castelin 46, pl. VII
2 2     P: 898
3 3     Cop SNG 247 = Castelin 45b
4 4     NY
5 5     V Castelin 45a