RPC IX, 2238


Image of specimen #4

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/9/2238 json ttl rdf xml
Volume	IX
Number	2238
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 ΕΥ
Nominative	Imperator Caesar Gaius Messius Quintus Traianus Decius Pius
Obverse design	laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription	L - Α
Reverse design	Asclepius standing left, holding patera and serpent staff; at left, lighted altar
Metal	debased silver
Average diameter	24 mm
Axis	11, 12
Reference	M 3791, BMC 2072
Specimens	9 (4 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	More
1	1	L: 1844,0425.2471	BMC 2072	24	12.60	12	Show
2	2	NY: 1944.100.67283		25	12.71	12	Show
3	3	O: HCR31290	M 3791	23	13.67	11	Show
4	4 ✸	V: GR 37998, Voetter		24	12.95	11	Show
5	5	A: 4270	Demetrio 2915A	23	12.58	11	Show
6	6	Brussels: 902	SNG 1323	22	11.58	12	Show
7	7		DS pl. 266.12482				Show
8	8		J. Aiello coll.				Show
9	9		Malloy 14, 2 July 1979, lot 563				Show