RPC IX, 2231

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 2231
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 Ε
Edition Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Γ(άϊος) Μ(έσσιος) Κ(ύϊντος) Τραϊανὸς Δέκιος Ε(ὐσεβής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Gaius Messius Quintus Traianus Decius Pius
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 Alexandria standing left, raising right arm and holding sceptre
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 12.71 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference Geissen 2809–10, M 3809
Specimens 21 (6 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 3340
2 2     ✸ C
3 3     Mu
4 4     NY: 1974.26.4439
5 5     O: HCR31304 M 3809
6 6     V: GR 25384
7 7     A: 6884 Demetrio
8 8     A: 6885 Demetrio
9 9     Brussels: 903 SNG 1324
10 10     Frankfurt: 3123 Förschner 1011
11 11     Cologne Geissen 2809
12 12     Cologne Geissen 2810
13 13     Osnabrück Savio 1943
14 14     CNG EA 232, 28 Apr. 2010, lot 164
15 15     DS pl. 266.10479
16 16     J. Aiello coll.
17 17     M&M GmbH 12, 10 Apr. 2003, lot 648
18 18     MünzZentrum 47, 10 Nov. 1982, lot 368
19 19     MünzZentrum 52, 12 Nov. 1984, lot 1060
20 20     MünzZentrum 52, 12 Nov. 1984, lot 1061
21 21     Peus 406, 25 Apr. 2012, lot 662