RPC IX, 325

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 325
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicomedia
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ(Τ) ΚΑ(Ι) ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ΔΕΚΙΟϹ ΑΥΓ ϹΕ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Traianus Decius Augustus
Obverse design radiate and cuirassed bust of Decius, left, seen from front, holding spear and shield with gorgoneion
Reverse inscription ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΩΝ ΔΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Reverse design Decius on horseback riding on horse, right, with right hand spearing fallen enemy who sits on ground
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 1, 6, 12
Reference Rec 396
Specimens 8 (6 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1459 Rec pl. XCVIII.17, rev.
2 2     P: 1460
3 3     B: Löbb.
4 4     NY: 1944.100.42325
5 5     ✸ O
6 6     V: GR 15850
7 7     SNG vA 848
8 8     CGT coll. = Naville Auction 44, 5 Nov. 2018, lot 138