RPC IX, 279


Image of specimen #1

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/9/279 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
Volume	IX
Number	279
Province	Bithynia-Pontus
Region	Bithynia
City	Nicaea
Reign	Trajan Decius
Person (obv.)	Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription	ΑΥΤ Κ ΤΡ ΔΕΚΙΟϹ ΑΥΓ ϹΕ
Edition	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
Translation	of the Nicaeans
Reverse design	Nike standing left, holding wreath and palm
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	17 mm
Average weight	3.11 g
Axis	12
Reference	Rec 743
Specimens	2 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links	1: same obv. die as 278/1–2, 280/2. 1: same rev. die as 283/1–3.

Number	Number	Obverse	Reverse	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1 ✸			P: 1162	Wa 440 = Rec pl. LXXXV.29, rev.	17	3.11	12		Show
2	2			Turin	see Rec	16				Show