RPC IX, 245

 

Image of specimen #1

 

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
Nominative Imperator Caesar Traianus Decius Augustus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Decius, left, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ
Reverse design Athena seated left, holding patera and spear; shield at right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
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.

Specimens of this coin type

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