RPC IX, 278

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 278
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ ΤΡ ΔΕΚΙΟϹ ΑΥΓ ϹΕ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Τραϊανὸς Δέκιος Αὔγουστος Σεβαστός Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) 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 Νικαιέων
Translation of the Nicaeans
Reverse design Nemesis standing left, hand raised to chiton, holding cubit rule(?); at her feet, wheel
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 17 mm
Average weight 2.83 g
Axis 6
Reference SNG vA 695
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same pair of dies. 1–3: same obv. die as 279/1, 280/2.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     V-ON Leypold 195
2 2     SNG vA 695
3 3     ✸ Gorny & Mosch 306, 15 Oct. 2024, lot 1432 = Kölner Münzkabinett 106, 11 Mar. 2017, lot 360