RPC IX, 318

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 318
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicomedia
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΔΕΚΙΟϹ ΑΥΓ ϹΕΒ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Traianus Decius Augustus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΩΝ ΔΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ, Γ
Reverse design Asclepius standing left, holding serpent staff
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Axis 12
Reference Rec 394
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same pair of dies.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1844,0425.174 BMC 65 = Rec pl. XCVIII.16, rev.
2 2     SNG vA 7127
3 3     ✸ CGT coll. = Naville 20, 7 Feb. 2016, lot 255