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
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 Asclepius standing left, holding patera and serpent staff; at left, lighted altar
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 12.71 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference M 3793
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
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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