RPC IX, 2232

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 2232
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 ΕΥ
Edition Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Γ(άϊος) Μ(έσσιος) Κ(υΐντος) Τραϊανὸς Δέκιος Εὐ(σεβής)
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 13.67 g
Axis 12
Reference M 3808
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: Löbb.
2 2     ✸ O: HCR31303 M 3808
3 3     DS pl. 266.10480
4 4     Michigan R. Haatvedt, E. Peterson, Coins from Karanis, University of Michigan Excavations 1924–1935 (Ann Arbor, 1964), no. 887