RPC IX, 260A

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 260A
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Herennius Etruscus (Caesar)
Obverse inscription Γ ΜΕϹϹ ΚΥΙΝΤ ΔΕΚΙΟΝ Κ
Nominative Gaius Messius Quintus Decius Caesar
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Etruscus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ
Reverse design Athena seated left, holding Nike and spear; shield next to her
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 261/1–5, 262/1–2.
Addition Additional coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Berk 201, 13 July 2017, lot 384