RPC IX, 2236

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 2236
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
Nominative Imperator Caesar Gaius Messius Quintus Traianus Decius
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L - Α
Reverse design Asclepius standing left, holding patera and serpent staff; at left, lighted altar
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Axis 11, 12
Reference M 3793
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.67284
2 2     ✸ O: HCR31292 M 3793
3 3     CNA MBS 21, 26 June 1992, lot 530
4 4     MünzZentrum 52, 12 Nov. 1984, lot 1062