RPC IX, 324

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 324
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicomedia
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ΔΕΚΙΟϹ ΑΥ ϹΕ
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 Cybele seated left, wearing veil, holding patera, arm on tympanum
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Axis 12
Reference Rec 393
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same pair of dies.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1458 Rec pl. XCVIII.15, rev.
2 2     Schulten, 12 Apr. 1984, lot 393
3 3     Trade, 2020