RPC IX, 1860

 

Image of specimen #10

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1860
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Syria
City Paltus
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Issue Year ΗΦ = 508
Dating AD 250
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Γ ΜΕ ΚΥ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΔΕΚΙΟϹ ϹΕ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Gaius Messius Quintus Traianus Decius
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΠΑΛΤΗΝΩΝ, ΗΦ
Reverse design temple with four columns enclosing statue of Athena standing left, holding spear and shield
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Axis 6, 11, 12
Reference Meyer-Zwiffelhoffer 33
Specimens 10 (5 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–10: same obv. die as 1859/1, 1861/1–2.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1298c
2 2     P: Y 23879/217, Seyrig
3 3     P: Y 28359/10
4 4     NY: 1944.100.66528
5 5     A: 25/6141
6 6     Lindgren I, 2113
7 7     M&M GmbH 14, 16 Apr. 2004, lot 682
8 8     Schlösser coll. = Meyer-Zwiffelhoffer 33/1
9 9     Waddell, list 22, Feb. 1986, lot 75
10 10     ✸ NY: 1944.100.62248