RPC IX, 343

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 343
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicomedia
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Herennius Etruscus (Caesar)
Obverse inscription Γ ΜΕϹ ΟΥ ΕΡΕΝ ΕΤΡΟΥ ΔΕΚΙΟΝ Κ
Edition Γ(άϊον) Μέσ(σιον) Οὐ(άλεντα) Ἑρέν(νιον) Ἐτροῦ(σκον) Δέκιον Κ(αίσαρα)
Translation for Gaius Messius Valens Herennius Etruscus Decius Caesar
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Etruscus, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΩΝ ΔΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Edition Νικομηδέων δὶς νεωκόρων
Translation of the Nicomedians, twice neocorate
Reverse design Hygieia standing right, feeding serpent from patera
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 4.49 g
Axis 12
Reference Weiser 162
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies. 1–2: same obv. die as 344/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Cologne Weiser 162
2 2     CGT coll. = Naville 35, 29 Oct. 2017, lot 249