RPC IX, 211

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 211
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Prusa ad Olympum
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ΔΕΚΙΟϹ ΑΥ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Τραϊαν(ὸς) Δεκίος Αὔ(γουστος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Traianus Decius Augustus
Obverse design radiate and cuirassed bust of Decius, left, seen from front, holding spear and shield with gorgoneion
Reverse inscription ΠΡΟΥϹΑΕΩΝ
Edition Προυσαέων
Translation of the Prusaeans
Reverse design female seated left, holding scroll in right hand, left hand raised to head
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 7.94 g
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same pair of dies. 1–3: same obv. die as 208/1 (Caesarea Germanica), 212/1–6, 365A/1 (Heraclea Pontica), 366/1–2 (Tium), 368/1 (Tium). 1–3: same rev. die as 210/1–2.

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