RPC IX, 2064

 

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Coin type
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)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1908,0110.1619 BMC 145
2 2     L: 1908,0110.1620 BMC 146
3 3     P: 103
4 4     NY: 1944.100.68983 SNG 832
5 5     Haifa-MA: 1/21 Kadman II 136
6 6     Haifa-MA: 1/24 Kadman II 136
7 7     J-MJA: 39/1994 Kadman II 136
8 8     ✸ IMJ CNG MBS 69, 8 June 2005, lot 1250 = Sofaer 113
9 9     IMJ Sofaer 114
10 10     IMJ: 78.02160
11 11     IMJ: 78.02161
12 12     St Petersburg Kadman II 136
13 13     Heritage 3018, 5 Sept. 2012, Shoshanna coll. part 2, lot 20370
14 14     Hirsch 230, 27 Feb. 239, lot 1874
15 15     Lindgren I, 2424