RPC IX, 2233

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 2233
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
Edition Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Γ(άϊος) Μ(έσσιος) Κ(ύϊντος) Τραϊανὸς Δέκιος
Translation Emperor Caesar Gaius Messius Quintus Traianus Decius
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 head of Ammon, right, with headdress of ram’s horns and disk and traces of drapery
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 12.23 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference M 3801, BMC 2069
Specimens 9 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1856,0903.58 BMC 2069
2 2     NY: 1944.100.67295
3 3     O: HCR31296 M 3801
4 4     A: 4263 Demetrio 7910
5 5     Milan SNG 1682
6 6     DS pl. 267.12487
7 7     DS Supp. 616
8 8     Elsen 113, 16 June 2012, lot 544
9 9     Sternberg 10, 25 Nov. 1980, lot 532