RPC IX, 2247

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 2247
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 Ε
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 bust of Hermanubis right, wearing kalathos with taenia and lotus petals in front; at right, winged caduceus and palm
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Axis 12
Reference M 3806
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     O: HCR31301 M 3806
2 2     ✸ Cologne: N128
3 3     DS pl. 266.10486
4 4     Grün 20, 22 May 1997, lot 504