RPC IX, 260

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 260
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Herennius Etruscus (Caesar)
Obverse inscription Γ ΜΕϹ ΚΥΙ ΕΡΕ ΕΤΡΟΥ ΔΕΚΙΟΝ Κ
Edition Γ(άϊον) Μέσ(σιον) Κύϊ(ντον) Ἑρέ(ννιον) Ἐτρού(σκον) Δέκιον Κ(αίσαρα)
Translation for Gaius Messius Quintus Herennius Etruscus Decius Caesar
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Etruscus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ
Edition Νικαιέων
Translation of the Nicaeans
Reverse design Sarapis seated left, holding patera and sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 9.75 g
Axis 1
Reference Rec 754
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: Rauch Rec pl. LXXXV.39, rev.