RPC IX, 2057

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 2057
Province Syria Palaestina
Region Samaria
City Caesarea Maritima
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP C C MS Q TRA DECIVS AVG
Nominative Imperator Caesar Gaius Messius Quintus Traianus Decius Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription COL PR F AVG F C CAES MET (PR) (S) (P)
Reverse design Decius riding on galloping horse, right, holding transverse spear; below, at right, small figure of enemy
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 6, 12
Reference Sofaer 124–5
Specimens 9 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 97
2 2     NY: 1944.100.68982 SNG 831
3 3     J-MJA: 60/388 Kadman II 181, p. 209, no. 72, pl. XV (as Etruscus)
4 4     ✸ IMJ Sofaer 124
5 5     IMJ Sofaer 125
6 6     IMJ: 78.02167
7 7     IMJ: 78.02168
8 8     CNG 90, 23 May 2012, lot 1222
9 9     Heritage 3018, 5 Sept. 2012, Shoshanna coll. part 2, lot 20371