RPC IX, 1587

 

Image of specimen #17

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1587
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 Tyche standing left, holding patera over lighted altar and cornucopia; above, eagle on palm with wreath in beak; at left, palm; sometimes at right, another palm
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Axis 3, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12
Reference Castelin 125–32, 134–43
Specimens 32 (21 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 26 = Castelin 130
2 2     L: 1844,1015.276 BMC 24, pl. XVIII.10 = Castelin 132a
3 3     L: 1847,1101.295 BMC 22 = Castelin 137
4 4     L: G.2923 BMC 23 = Castelin 131
5 5     P: 2180 Castelin 125, pl. X
6 6     P: F 7762, Boudeau Castelin 135
7 7     B: 5209
8 8     B: I-B Castelin 142
9 9     B: Knobelsdorf
10 10     B: Löbb. Castelin 141, pl. X, rev.
11 11     C
12 12     Cop SNG 249 = Castelin 128a
13 13     G Castelin 127 = SNG 2467
14 14     G Castelin 128b = SNG 2468
15 15     Mu
16 16     Mu
17 17     ✸ NY
18 18     NY
19 19     O
20 20     O
21 21     V Castelin 140, pl. X
22 22     Gotha Castelin 138a
23 23     Milan SNG 135
24 24     N Castelin 134
25 25     N Castelin 143
26 26     St Petersburg Castelin 138b
27 27     St Petersburg Castelin 139
28 28     Castelin 126
29 29     CNG EA 144, 26 July 2006, lot 225
30 30     CNG EA 160, 14 Mar. 2007, lot 263
31 31     MünzZentrum 102, 3 May 2000, lot 189
32 32     Freiburg: 12708