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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 5368778, member: 57495&quot;]I suspect the only reason the deity here is named Jupiter rather than Zeus is that RPC has adopted the convention, at least in this particular volume, of calling gods by their Roman names whenever a particular provincial mint had colony status and used Latin legends.&nbsp; In a city striking for Decius that used Greek legends, Jupiter would simply be Zeus.&nbsp; That said, no Jupiter from the Rome mint?&nbsp; Surely an unforgivable omission!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1228719[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>TRAJAN DECIUS</b></p><p>AE Double Sestertius. 32.59g, 36.1mm. Rome mint, AD 250. RIC IV 115a; Cohen 39; Banti 9. O: IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right. R: FELICITAS SAECVLI, Felicitas standing to left holding long caduceus and cornucopia; S-C across field.</p><p><i>Ex Dr C. Haymes Collection; ex Bruce R. Brace Collection (CNG 90, 23 May 2012, lot 1678)</i></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1228720[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>TITUS</b></p><p>AR Cistophorus. 10.77g, 26.5mm. Rome mint (for circulation in Asia), AD 80-81. RIC II.1 515; RPC II 860. O: IMP TITVS CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M; laureate head right. R:&nbsp; Tetrastyle Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus, enclosing figures of Juno, Jupiter seated, and Minerva; in pediment, two anguiped giants holding large facing bust placed on a base, atop pediment, facing quadriga in center between facing bigas at corners; CAPIT across field, RESTIT in exergue.</p><p><i>Ex Stein A. Evensen Collection; ex Harry N. Sneh (“Sierra”) Collection (CNG 88, 14 September 2011), lot 1298; ex CNG E-Auction 125 (26 October 2005), lot 222</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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