RPC IX, 2073

 

Image of specimen #11

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 2073
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 FL AVG F C CAES METR P (S) (P)
Edition col(onia) Pr(ima) Fl(avia) Aug(usta) F(elix?) C(oncordia?) Caes(area) metr(opolis) S(yriae) P(alaestinae)
Translation the first Flavian colony of Augusta Felix(?) Concordia(?), Caesarea, metropolis the province of Syria Palaestina
Reverse design within wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 17.55 g
Axis 1, 6, 7, 12
Reference Kadman II 159–60
Specimens 13 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1931,0701.12
2 2     P: 97 bis
3 3     Haifa-MA: 1/28 Kadman II 160
4 4     J-MJA: 51.01/2168 Kadman II 160
5 5     IAA: 485 Kadman II 159
6 6     IMJ Sofaer 127
7 7     IMJ: 2008.037/626
8 8     J-SBF Kadman II 160
9 9     CNG EA 160, 14 Mar. 2007, lot 241
10 10     CNG EA 236, 7 July 2010, lot 385
11 11     ✸ CNG MBS 60, 22 May 2002, lot 1271 = CNG EA 344, 11 Feb. 2015, lot 397
12 12     CNG MBS 82, 16 Sept. 2009, lot 881
13 13     CGT coll. = CNG 358, 26 Aug. 2015, lot 253