RPC IX, 344

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 344
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 Dikaiosyne standing left, holding scales and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 4.81 g
Axis 12
Reference Rec 397
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 343/1–2.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: Rauch Rec pl. XCVIII.18