RPC IX, 327

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 327
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicomedia
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ΔΕΚΙΟϹ ΑΥΓ ϹΕ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κα(ῖσαρ) Τραϊαν(ὸς) Δέκιος Αὔγ(ουστος) Σε(βαστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Traianus Decius Augustus (Augustus)
Obverse design radiate and cuirassed bust of Decius, left, seen from front, holding spear and shield with gorgoneion
Reverse inscription ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΩΝ ΔΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Edition Νικομηδέων δὶς νεωκόρων
Translation of the Nicomedians, twice neocorate
Reverse design Decius on horseback riding, right, with right hand spearing small enemy running
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 7.50 g
Axis 12
Reference Weiser 159
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–4: same pair of dies.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: Löbb.
2 2     ✸ Cologne Weiser 159
3 3     Gorny & Mosch 115, 5 Mar. 2002, lot 1368
4 4     Lindgren I, 178
5 5     CGT coll. = Naville 40, 27 May 2018, lot 206