RPC IX, 245

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 245
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ΔΕΚΙΟϹ ΑΥΓ ϹΕ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Τραϊαν(ὸς) Δέκιος Αὔγ(ουστος) Σε(βαστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Traianus Decius Augustus (Augustus)
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Decius, left, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ
Edition Νικαιέων
Translation of the Nicaeans
Reverse design Athena seated left, holding patera and spear; shield at right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 8.12 g
Axis 12
Reference Rec 741
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 246/1–3, 247/1, 248/2, 249/1, 250/1–4, 251/1, 252/1–4, 253/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1848,0712.39 Rec pl. LXXXV.27 = BMC 132