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
Nominative Imperator Caesar Traianus Decius Augustus
Obverse design radiate and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΠΡΟΥϹΑΕΩΝ
Reverse design Demeter standing left, holding ears of corn and long torch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Axis 12
Reference SNG vA 7156
Specimens 5 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–4: same pair of dies.
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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