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Image of specimen #1 |
URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/9/256 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
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 |
Edition | Γ(άϊον) Μέσ(σιον) Κύϊ(ντον) Ἑρέ(ννιον) Ἐτρού(σκον) Δέκιον Κ(αίσαρα) |
Translation | for Gaius Messius Quintus Herennius Etruscus Decius Caesar |
Obverse design | radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Etruscus, right, seen from rear |
Reverse inscription | ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ |
Edition | Νικαιέων |
Translation | of the Nicaeans |
Reverse design | Athena standing left, holding Nike, spear and shield |
Metal | copper-based alloy |
Average diameter | 24 mm |
Average weight | 8.23 g |
Axis | 12 |
Reference | Rec 755 |
Specimens | 4 (2 in the core collections) |
Die-links | 1, 4: same pair of dies. |