RPC IX, 2241

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 2241
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 Athena seated left, holding Nike and spear
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 11, 12
Reference M 3788, BMC 2071
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1864,1118.839 BMC 2071
2 2     ✸ O: HCR31287 M 3788
3 3     DS pl. 266.10481
4 4     Malloy 14, 2 July 1979, lot 564
5 5     Staffieri coll.