RPC IX, 2223

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 2223
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 Ε
Edition Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Γ(άϊος) Μ(έσσιος) Κ(υῖντος) Δέκιος Τραϊανὸς Ε(ὐσεβής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Gaius Messius Quintus Decius Traianus Pious
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L - Α
Edition (ἔτους) αʹ
Translation of year 1
Reverse design eagle standing left, head right, holding wreath in beak
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 13.15 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference M 3787 corr., D 5097 = DS pl. 267
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 3–4: same obv. die as 2225/1, 2227/2–3.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ O: HCR31286 M 3787 corr.
2 2     A: 1897-1898, IH, 1221 Demetrio 2918
3 3     D 5097 = DS pl. 267
4 4     Emporium Hamburg 70, 14 Nov. 2013, lot 313