RPC IX, 2221


Image of specimen #3

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/9/2221 json ttl rdf xml
Volume	IX
Number	2221
Province	Egypt
Region	Egypt
City	Alexandria
Reign	Trajan Decius
Person (obv.)	Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Issue	L Α = year 1. Group 1: with ΔƐΚΙΟϹ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ
Dating	AD 249/50
Obverse inscription	Α Κ Γ Μ Κ ΔΕΚΙΟϹ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΕΥ
Nominative	Imperator Caesar Gaius Messius Quintus Decius Traianus 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	23 mm
Axis	1, 12
Reference	SNG Milan 1683
Specimens	5 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links	1–2, 4–5: same obv. die as 2222/2, 2228/2–5.

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1	B: 96/1892		23	11.63	12	on the obv., Κ Μ instead of Μ Κ	Show
2	2	NY: 1944.100.67285		24	13.90	12	on the obv., Κ Μ instead of Μ Κ	Show
3	3 ✸	Milan	SNG 1683	23	13.54	1		Show
4	4		D 5074 corr = DS pl. 266	21			on the obv., Κ Μ instead of Μ Κ	Show
5	5		Weber 8373	23	12.89		on the obv., Κ Μ instead of Μ Κ	Show