RPC IX, 208

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 208
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Caesarea Germanica
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ΔΕΚΙΟϹ ΑΥ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Τραϊανὸς Δέκιος Αὔγουστος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Τραϊαν(ὸς) Δέκιος Αὔ(γουστος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Trajan Decius Augustus
Obverse design radiate and cuirassed bust of Decius, left, seen from front, holding spear and shield with gorgoneion
Reverse inscription ΚΑΙϹΑΡΕΙΑϹ ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙΚΗϹ
Edition Καισαρείας Γερμανικῆς Καισαρείας Γερμανικῆς
Translation of Caesarea Germanica
Reverse design Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 7.94 g
Axis 7
Reference Rec 39
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 211/1–3 (Prusa ad Olympum), 212/1–6 (Prusa ad Olympum), 365A/1 (Heraclea Pontica), 366/1–2 (Tium), 368/1 (Tium).
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: I-B Rec pl. XLV.7 = Kraft p. 202, no. 63a