RPC IX, 212

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 212
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 Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 7.36 g
Axis 6, 7, 12
Reference Rec 170
Specimens 5 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–5: same pair of dies. 1–5: same obv. die as 208/1 (Caesarea Germanica), 211/1–3, 365A/1 (Heraclea Pontica), 366/1–2 (Tium), 368/1 (Tium).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1897,0104.41 Rec pl. CIII.1 = Kraft 63b
2 2     ✸ P: 1972/938
3 3     C: Leake 8023
4 4     V: GR 27741
5 5     V-ON Leypold 261