RPC IX, 242


Image of specimen #2

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/9/242 json ttl rdf xml
Volume	IX
Number	242
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
Nominative	Imperator Caesar Gaius Messius Quintus Traianus Decius Augustus
Obverse design	radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription	ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ
Reverse design	Sarapis standing left, raising right arm, holding sceptre
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	28 mm
Axis	1
Reference	Weiser 135–6
Specimens	2 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links	1–2: same pair of dies. 1–2: same obv. die as 240/1–2, 241/1, 243/1.

Number	Number	Obverse	Reverse	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1			Cologne	Weiser 135	27	9.62	1		Show
2	2 ✸			Cologne	Weiser 136	28	10.46	1		Show