RPC IX, 2227

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 2227
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
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 Nike advancing right, holding wreath and palm
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 11, 12
Reference M 3785
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 2–3: same obv. die as 2223/1, 3–4, 2225/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     C: Y.1150-1936
2 2     ✸ O: HCR31284 M 3785
3 3     DS pl. 267.10491
4 4     Monnaies d’Antan 10, 24 Nov. 2011, lot 109
5 5     Boston: 2004.1354