Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
Æ26 - Trajan Decius ϹΕΠ ΚΟΛ ΡΗϹΑΙΝΗϹΙωΝ L III P
| Issuer | Rhesaena (Mesopotamia) |
|---|---|
| Year | 249-251 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | ΓΑΙ ΜΕϹ ΕΡ ΕΤΡΟΥϹΚΙΛΛΙΟϹ ΔΕΚΙΟϹ ϹΕΒ |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Plain |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
Rhesaena was a Severan foundation on the Khabur River — Septimius Severus elevated it to colonial status, which accounts for the ΣΕΠ ΚΟΛ in the city's titulature. The L III P in the legend denotes the city's third regnal year reckoning under Trajan Decius, a local dating convention that makes precise die sequencing possible despite the reign lasting barely two years before Decius fell at Abritus in 251, the first Roman emperor killed in battle against a foreign enemy.