RPC IX, 2233

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 2233
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Issue L Α = year 1. Group 2: with ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΔƐΚΙΟϹ
Dating AD 249/50
Obverse inscription Α Κ Γ Μ Κ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΔΕΚΙΟϹ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Gaius Messius Quintus Traianus Decius
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L - Α
Reverse design head of Ammon, right, with headdress of ram’s horns and disk and traces of drapery
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Axis 11, 12
Reference M 3801, BMC 2069
Specimens 9 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1856,0903.58 BMC 2069
2 2     NY: 1944.100.67295
3 3     O: HCR31296 M 3801
4 4     A: 4263 Demetrio 7910
5 5     Milan SNG 1682
6 6     DS pl. 267.12487
7 7     DS Supp. 616
8 8     Elsen 113, 16 June 2012, lot 544
9 9     Sternberg 10, 25 Nov. 1980, lot 532