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Author Topic: AE26 of Trajan Decius, Nicaea, Fortuna or Tyche  (Read 789 times)

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AE26 of Trajan Decius, Nicaea, Fortuna or Tyche
« on: January 04, 2007, 05:46:27 pm »
I have identified this coin as above (7.8g),  GMECKV [ ] OVDEKIO / N - IKA - EWN, but couldn't find a match online.
Also could someone tell me if this is Fortuna or Tyche? I've seen this figure with rudder and cornucopiae described as both.

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Re: AE26 of Trajan Decius, Nicaea, Fortuna or Tyche
« Reply #1 on: January 04, 2007, 06:04:19 pm »
I think it is Herennius Etruscus, not Trajan Decius, obverse legend reading G MECC KVINT DEKION K or similar, SNG Leypold I, 197, Wadd. Rec., 757.

I'd call the reverse deity Tyche as Nikaia was a Greek city.

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Re: AE26 of Trajan Decius, Nicaea, Fortuna or Tyche
« Reply #2 on: January 13, 2007, 04:35:56 am »
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