249 AD - 251 AD

Rhesaena   Mesopotamia   Traianus Decius
Ρήσαινα   Μεσοποταμία   Τραϊανός Δέκιος


AE 25
SHH 6807

6805 Rhesaena Mesopotamia Traianus Decius AE.jpg

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Composition
12.43 g   24.7-24.9 mm   2.9 eqmm   5:00 o'clock   VF   centering - / -
σmax(SigmaTest, 240 kHz) = obv. 5.9, rev. 5.9 MS/m

Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Traianus Decius right;
AYT K Γ MЄ KY ΔЄKIOC TPAIANOC CЄB clockwise around; border of dots.
Figure ploughing right with two oxen, holding staff; above, eagle standing facing on palm, head left, with wreath in beak; in exergue, river-god swimming right;
CЄΠ KOΛ PHCAINHCIѠN L III P clockwise around.
Regular straight grooves on reverse.
Castelin 95/112 ; Copenhagen 249; RPC IX 1576
Ex Roma Numismatics 3E/546, 25.10.2018

Patina. Thermo Scientific Portable XRF,
Archäologische Staatssammlung München, 5.4.2019


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rev
62.2
9.7
26.3
0.3
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