RPC IX, 345

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 345
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicomedia
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Herennius Etruscus (Caesar)
Obverse inscription Γ ΜΕ ΚΟΥ ΕΡΕΝ ΕΤΡΟΥ ΔΕΚ[ΙΟΝ Κ]
Edition Γ(άϊον) Μέ(σσιον) Κού(ϊντον) Ἑρέν(νιον) Ἐτρού(σκον) Δέκιον Κ(αίσαρα)
Translation for Gaius Messius Quintus 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 inscription in wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Hirsch 229, 17 Sept. 2003, lot 2535 = Hirsch 234, 5 May 2004, lot 888