RPC IX, 260B

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 260B
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Herennius Etruscus (Caesar)
Obverse inscription Γ ΜΕϹϹ ΚΥΙΝΤ ΔΕΚΙΟΝ Κ
Edition Γ(άϊον) Μέσσ(ιον) Κύϊντ(ον) Δέκιον Κ(αίσαρα)
Translation for Gaius Messius Quintus 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 Dionysus standing left, holding cantharus and thyrsus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 7.53 g
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
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