RPC IX, 258

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 258
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 Homonoia standing left, holding patera and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 8.32 g
Axis 1, 2, 12
Reference Rec 758
Specimens 6 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–5: same obv. die as 257A/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: I-B Rec pl. LXXXV.43
2 2     Cologne Weiser 139
3 3     Cologne Weiser 140
4 4     ✸ Cologne Weiser 141
5 5     van der Dussen 15, 2 Apr. 1991, lot 401
6 6     CGT coll. = Lydia EA 11, 2 Oct. 2021, lot 603