Beschreibung
Material: Bronze
Gewicht: 5,22 g
Trajan Decius; 249-251 AD, Edessa, Mesopotamia, AE 19-20, 5.22g. RPC-1554 (25 spec.). Obv: V Ɛ Ɛ (sic) Bust radiate, draped, cuirassed r. Rx: [] ƐƐA Turreted, veiled and draped bust of Tyche l.; at l., small lighted altar. Ex Antioch Associates List 52, October 2000, no. 318. Emperors name misspelled, Ɛ instead of ƐO (O omitted). Ten of the thirteen specimens of this coin illustrated by RPC online seem to come from one obverse die, the other three from a second obverse die. Our specimen and two others in the Behnen Collection come from the commoner of these two obverse dies.. VF
