RPC IX, 261


Image of specimen #1

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/9/261 json ttl rdf xml
Volume	IX
Number	261
Province	Bithynia-Pontus
Region	Bithynia
City	Nicaea
Reign	Trajan Decius
Person (obv.)	Herennius Etruscus (Caesar)
Obverse inscription	Γ ΜΕⳞⳞ ΚΥΙΝΤ ΔΕΚΙΟΝ Κ
Nominative	Gaius Messius Quintus Decius Caesar
Obverse design	radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Etruscus, r., seen from rear
Reverse inscription	ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ
Reverse design	Sarapis standing l., raising r. arm, holding sceptre; at feet, l., lighted altar
Metal	Æ
Average diameter	25 mm
Axis	1, 12
Reference	Rec 753
Specimens	5 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links	1–5: same pair of dies. 1–5: same obv. die as 260A/1, 262/1–2.

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1 ✸	P: 1165	Wa 441 = Rec pl. LXXXV.38	26	8.30	1		Show
2	2	P: 1166		26	7.65	1		Show
3	3		Naville Numismatics 16, 12 July 2015, lot 311	25	9.14			Show
4	4		SNG vA 697	24	7.54		Obv.: GIC 821 (denominational mark Η)	Show
5	5		CGT coll.	25	8.27	12	Rev.: GIC 66 (emperor bust, r.; on reverse)	Show