RPC IX, 2253

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 2253
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 Sarapis standing right, holding sceptre and his drapery
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Axis 11, 12
Reference Geissen 2815, M 3805, BMC 2080
Specimens 15 (8 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L BMC 2080
2 2     P: 3337
3 3     C McClean 9898
4 4     G SNG 4617
5 5     Mu
6 6     NY: 1944.100.67293
7 7     O: HCR31300 M 3805
8 8     V: GR 25386
9 9     Frankfurt: 3121 Förschner 1013
10 10     Cologne Geissen 2815
11 11     Osnabrück Savio 1947
12 12     DS pl. 267.10493
13 13     Künker 89, 8 Mar. 2004, lot 1828
14 14     MünzZentrum 52, 12 Nov. 1984, lot 1064
15 15     Freiburg: 12424