Trajan Decius. ; Trajan Decius; 249-251 AD, Nicomedia, Bithynia, AE 24.5, 6.85g. RPC-327 (4 spec., including this coin); Lindgren/Kovacs-178 (this coin). Obv: AV KA TPAIAN ?EKIOC AV CE Bust radiate, draped, cuirassed l., seen from back, holding spear. Rx: NIKOMH?EON - ?I - C - NEOKOPON (MH, ON, and ON ligate) Emperor with flying cloak and holding spear horizontally, on horse prancing r.; below horse, captive wearing Phrygian cap kneeling r. and raising one hand. Ex Antioch Associates List B-26, August 1999, no. 80; ex Lindgren/Kovacs-178.
($200)