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Æ19 - Trajan Decius ΚΟΛ ΕΔΕϹϹΑ

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Issuer Edessa (Mesopotamia)
Emperor Decius (Gaius Messius Quintus Traianus Decius) (249-251)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 249-251
Composition Bronze
Weight 4.35 g
Diameter 19 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
580479
References RPC Online IX# 1555
Roman Provincial Coinage (https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/)

Obverse

Radiate head of Decius, right, with traces of drapery

Lettering: ΑΥ Γ ΔΕΚΙϹ ϹΕΒ (sic)

Unabridged legend: Αὐτοκράτωρ Γάϊος Δέκιος Σεβαστός

Translation: Emperor Gaius Decius Augustus

Reverse

Turreted, veiled and draped bust of Tyche, left; at left, small lighted altar

Lettering: ΚΟΛ ΕΔΕϹϹΑ

Unabridged legend: κολωνία Ἔδεσσα

Translation: the colony Edessa

Mint

Edessa, Mesopotamia, modern-day Urfa, Turkey

Comments

BMC 169

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Examples of the type

Picture 1 of the example of Æ19 - Trajan Decius (ΚΟΛ ΕΔΕϹϹΑ) Picture 2 of the example of Æ19 - Trajan Decius (ΚΟΛ ΕΔΕϹϹΑ)
© British Museum, 1843,0712.56
19 mm4.08 g 10h (see more)
Picture 1 of the example of Æ19 - Trajan Decius (ΚΟΛ ΕΔΕϹϹΑ) Picture 2 of the example of Æ19 - Trajan Decius (ΚΟΛ ΕΔΕϹϹΑ)
© Bibliothèque nationale de France / Gallica, RF 7732 1925/4
18 mm4.27 g 11h (see more)
Picture 1 of the example of Æ19 - Trajan Decius (ΚΟΛ ΕΔΕϹϹΑ) Picture 2 of the example of Æ19 - Trajan Decius (ΚΟΛ ΕΔΕϹϹΑ)
© Bibliothèque nationale de France / Gallica, RF 7732 1925/6
18 mm4.03 g 11h (see more)
Picture 1 of the example of Æ19 - Trajan Decius (ΚΟΛ ΕΔΕϹϹΑ) Picture 2 of the example of Æ19 - Trajan Decius (ΚΟΛ ΕΔΕϹϹΑ)
© The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, 218-1961
20 mm5.15 g 10h (see more)
Picture 1 of the example of Æ19 - Trajan Decius (ΚΟΛ ΕΔΕϹϹΑ) Picture 2 of the example of Æ19 - Trajan Decius (ΚΟΛ ΕΔΕϹϹΑ)
© The Heberden Coin Room, Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
18 mm4.74 g 10h (see more)
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