RPC IX, 1567

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1567
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
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Γάϊ(ος) Μέσ(σιος) Κύ(ϊντος) Τρα(ϊανὸς) Δέκιος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Gaius Messius Quintus Traianus Decius Augustus
Obverse design radiate and cuirassed bust of Decius, left, seen from front
Reverse inscription ϹΕΠ ΡΗϹΑΙΝΗϹΙωΝ L III P
Edition Σεπ(τιμία) Ῥησαινησίων l(egio) III P(arthica)
Translation the Septimian colony of Rhesaenians, 3rd Parthian legion
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; sometimes, in field, left and right, star
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 11.74 g
Axis 5, 6, 12
Reference Castelin 52
Specimens 4 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 2170 Castelin 52, pl. VII
2 2     O
3 3     ✸ O
4 4     Missere 988