RPC IX, 209

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 209
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Prusa ad Olympum
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ΔΕΚΙΟϹ ΑΥΓ ϹΕ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Τραϊαν(ὸς) Δέκιος Αὔγ(ουστος) Σε(βαστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Traianus Decius Augustus (Augustus)
Obverse design radiate and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΠΡΟΥϹΑΕΩΝ
Edition Προυσαέων
Translation of the Prusaeans
Reverse design Demeter standing left, holding ears of corn and long torch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 8.09 g
Axis 12
Reference SNG vA 7156
Specimens 5 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–4: same pair of dies. 1–4: same obv. die as 212A/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Schulman NY, 6 June 1969 (Mabbott coll.), lot 1237
2 2     Sternberg 11, 20 Nov. 1981, lot 253
3 3     SNG vA 7156
4 4     ✸ CGT coll.
5 5     CGT coll. = Savoca 14 Blue, 29 Dec. 2018, lot 616