RPC IX, 329

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 329
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicomedia
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑ(Ι) ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ΔΕΚΙΟϹ ΑΥΓ 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 Hermes seated left, on throne, holding purse (?) and serpent staff
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 12
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1956,1208.16
2 2     CGT coll. = Naville 41, 24 June 2018, lot 148