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
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Τραϊανὸς Δέκιος Αὔγ(ουστος) Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Traianus Decius Augustus (Augustus)
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΩΝ ΔΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ, Γ
Edition Νικομηδέων δις νεωκόρων γʹ
Translation of the Nicomedians, twice neocorate, 3
Reverse design Asclepius standing left, holding serpent staff
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 6.47 g
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)

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