RPC IX, 1576

 

Image of specimen #12

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1576
Province Mesopotamia
Region Mesopotamia
City Rhesaena
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Issue Group 2
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Γ ΜΕ ΚΥ ΔΕΚΙΟϹ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Gaius Messius Quintus Decius Traianus Augustus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ϹΕΠ ΚΟΛ ΡΗϹΑΙΝΗϹΙωΝ L III P
Reverse design priest ploughing with two oxen, right, holding staff; above, eagle on palm with wreath in beak; in exergue, river god (Chaboras) swimming
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Axis 5, 6, 10, 11, 12
Reference Castelin 95–112
Specimens 36 (24 in the core collections)
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1847,1101.294 BMC 13 = Castelin 100
2 2     L: 1853,1215.28 BMC 10 = Castelin 106
3 3     P: 1224, Chandon
4 4     P: 2176
5 5     P: 2178 Castelin 111, pl. IX
6 6     P: 5198 Florange & Ciani 75, 17 Feb. 1925, lot 1194/24 (Allote de la Fuÿe)
7 7     P: Anderson, 15 Nov. 27, lot 252/8
8 8     B: 5151 Castelin 96
9 9     B: Bonnet
10 10     B: Friedlander
11 11     B: Löbb.
12 12     ✸ C
13 13     C: 254-1961
14 14     Cop SNG 250
15 15     G Castelin 101a = SNG 2463
16 16     G Castelin 103, pl. IX = SNG 2464
17 17     Mu
18 18     Mu
19 19     Mu
20 20     NY
22 22     NY
23 23     O
24 24     O
25 25     V Castelin 102b
26 26     Bern: Righetti 2640
27 27     Boston: 63.2927
28 28     Dresden Castelin 101b
29 29     N Castelin 95
30 30     St Petersburg Castelin 97
31 31     St Petersburg Castelin 98
32 32     Castelin 112
33 33     CNG EA 251, 9 Mar. 2011, lot 303
34 34     Hirsch 168, 22 Nov. 1990, lot 842
35 35     iNumis MBS 6, 7 Nov. 2008, lot 352
36 36     Leeds-UL: 409
37 37     Freiburg: 12706