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
 0.2 0.2 0.0
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 0.5
 0.0