RPC IX, 2070

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 2070
Province Syria Palaestina
Region Samaria
City Caesarea Maritima
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP C C M(E)S 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 METR P
Edition col(onia) Pr(ima) F(lavia) Aug(usta) F(elix?) C(oncordia?) Caes(area) metr(o)p(olis)
Translation the first Flavian colony of Augusta Felix(?) Concordia(?), Caesarea, metropolis
Reverse design Victory advancing left, holding wreath and palm
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 17.76 g
Axis 1, 6, 12
Reference BMC 156–7, Kadman II 146
Specimens 8 (4 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1908,0110.1613 BMC 156
2 2     L: 1908,0110.1614 BMC 157, pl. IV.5, rev.
3 3     ✸ B: 1246/1912
4 4     O
5 5     IMJ: 78.02165
6 6     IMJ: 78.02228
7 7     CNG EA 208, 8 Apr. 2009, lot 301
8 8     MünzZentrum Rheinland 167, 4 Sept. 2013, lot 241 = CNG 90, 23 May 2012, lot 1221