RPC IX, 337

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 337
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicomedia
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ΔΕΚΙΟϹ ΑΥ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κα(ῖσαρ) Τραϊαν(ὸς) Δέκιος Αὔ(γουστος) Σεβ(αστός)
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
Translation of the Nicomedians, twice neocorate, 3
Reverse design Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 5.76 g
Axis 12
Reference SNG vA 851
Specimens 8 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2, 4, 6–8: same pair of dies.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Bern SNG Righetti 666
2 2     Cologne Weiser 152
3 3     Lindgren III, 211
4 4     SNG vA 851
5 5     Yapı Kredi 142
6 6     ✸ CGT collection
7 7     CGT coll. = Naville 35, 29 Oct. 2017, lot 247 (part of)
8 8     T. Mullally coll. = Naville Numismatics 33, 16 July 2017, lot 146