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Image of specimen #8 |
URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/9/2064 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
Volume | IX |
Number | 2064 |
Province | Syria Palaestina |
Region | Samaria |
City | Caesarea Maritima |
Reign | Trajan Decius |
Person (obv.) | Trajan Decius (Augustus) |
Obverse inscription | IMP C C MES Q TRA DECIVS AVG |
Edition | Imp(erator) C(aesar) G(aius) Mes(sius) Q(uintus) Tra(ianus) Decius Aug(ustus) |
Translation | Emperor Caesar Gaius Messius Quintus Trajan Decius Augustus |
Obverse design | laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from front |
Reverse inscription | COL PR F AVG F C CAES MET(RO) (P) (S P) |
Edition | col(onia) Pr(ima) F(lavia) Aug(usta) F(elix) C(oncordia?) Caes(area) Metro(polis) S(yriae) P(alaestinae) |
Translation | colony First Flavian Augustan Felix Concordia? Caesarea, metropolis of the province of Syria Palaestina |
Reverse design | Neptune, nude, standing left, holding dolphin and trident, right foot on rock |
Metal | copper-based alloy |
Average diameter | 28 mm |
Average weight | 17.53 g |
Axis | 5, 12 |
Reference | BMC 145–6, Kadman II 135–6 |
Specimens | 15 (4 in the core collections) |