Trajan Decius, AE25 of Nicomedia, Bithynia. AD 249-251. 7.95 g.

AYT KA TRAIAN DEKIOC AYG C, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust left, holding spear and shield.
NIKOMHDEWN DIC NEWKORWN, emperor riding right on horseback, wielding spear at an enemy half-kneeling right below.

SNG von Aulock 849 and 7130; RecGen 396; Paris 1459-1460; RPC IX 326.

With permission of Numismatica Varesi, Vicenza auction, Lot 124, Oct. 2012.