RPC IX, 329

 

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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
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Τραϊανὸς Δέκιος Αὔγουστος Σεβαστός Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Τραϊαν(ὸς) Δέκιος Αὔγ(ουστος) Σε(βαστός)
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 Νικομηδέων δις νεωκόρων γʹ
Translation of the Nicomedians, twice neocorate, 3
Reverse design Hermes seated left, on throne, holding purse (?) and serpent staff
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 6.21 g
Axis 12
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1956,1208.16
2 2     CGT coll. = Naville 41, 24 June 2018, lot 148