RPC IX, 2251


Image of specimen #7

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/9/2251 json ttl rdf xml
Volume	IX
Number	2251
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	Nike advancing right, holding wreath and palm
Metal	debased silver
Average diameter	23 mm
Axis	11, 12
Reference	M 3798, BMC 2076
Specimens	11 (8 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1	L	BMC 2076	23	11.46	11		Show
2	2	P: 1927, Maspero		24	14.59	11		Show
3	3	B: Löbb.		23	12.12	12		Show
4	4	G	SNG 4615	22	12.14	12		Show
5	5	Mu		24	13.45	11		Show
6	6	NY: 1944.100.67294		23	12.75	12		Show
7	7 ✸	O: HCR31294	M 3798	24	13.15	11	Tell-el-Maskhuta hoard	Show
8	8	V: GR 25391		24	11.24	11		Show
9	9	A: 4271	Demetrio 2916	23	11.14	11		Show
10	10	Milan	SNG 1680	23	12.41	12		Show
11	11		DS pl. 266.10489	24				Show