RPC IX, 2224

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 2224
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 Κ Μ (sic) 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 bust of Hermanubis right, wearing kalathos with taenia and lotus petals in front; at right, winged caduceus and palm
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 25 mm
Axis 12
Reference DS pl. 266.10488
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 2226/1, 3.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 3336
2 2     CNG 23, 13 Oct. 1992, lot 436