RPC IX, 256


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Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/9/256 json ttl rdf xml
Volume	IX
Number	256
Province	Bithynia-Pontus
Region	Bithynia
City	Nicaea
Reign	Trajan Decius
Person (obv.)	Herennius Etruscus (Caesar)
Obverse inscription	Γ ΜΕϹ ΚΥΙ ΕΡΕ ΕΤΡΟΥ ΔΕΚΙΟΝ Κ
Nominative	Gaius Messius Quintus Herennius Etruscus Decius Caesar
Obverse design	radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Etruscus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription	ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ
Reverse design	Athena standing left, holding Nike, spear and shield
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	24 mm
Axis	12
Reference	Rec 755
Specimens	4 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links	1, 4: same pair of dies.

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1 ✸	L: 1838,0419.53	BMC 135	25	9.84	12		Show
2	2	B: Rauch	Rec pl. LXXXV.40, rev.	24	8.26	12	Rev.: GIC 66 (emperor bust, r. (on reverse))	Show
3	3	Turin	see Rec					Show
4	4		Zwicker 1076	23	6.59			Show