RPC IX, 277

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 277
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ ΤΡ ΔΕΚΙΟϹ ΑΥΓ ϹΕ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Τρ(αϊανὸς) Δέκιος Αὔγ(ουστος) Σε(βαστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Traianus Decius Augustus (Augustus)
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ
Edition Νικαιέων
Translation of the Nicaeans
Reverse design Harpocrates standing left, raising finger to lips, holding cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 16 mm
Average weight 2.64 g
Axis 6, 7
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies. 1–2: same rev. die as 282/1.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     CGT coll.
2 2     ✸ Abacus coll.