RPC IX, 252

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 252
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 Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 9.11 g
Axis 12
Reference Lindgren I, 150
Specimens 4 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–4: same obv. die as 245/1, 246/1–3, 247/1, 248/2, 249/1, 250/1–4, 251/1, 253/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Lindgren I, 150
2 2     ✸ CGT coll. = Naville 42, 23 July 2018, lot 126
3 3     Trade (Savoca)
4 4     Berk 201, 13 July 2017, lot 383