RPC IX, 241

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 241
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Τ ΜΕϹ ΚΥ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ΔΕΚΙΟϹ ΑΥΓ (sic)
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) {Τ}<Γ>(άϊος) Μέσ(σιος) Κύ(ϊντος) Τραϊαν(ὸς) Δέκιος Αὐγ(ουστος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Gaius Messius Quintus Traianus Decius Augustus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ
Edition Νικαιέων
Translation of the Nicaeans
Reverse design Sarapis seated left, extending arm over Cerberus, holding sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 9.16 g
Axis 12
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 240/1–2, 242/1–2, 243/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Boston: 67.333
2 2     Yapı Kredi 202