RPC IX, 2237


Image of specimen #2

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/9/2237 json ttl rdf xml
Volume	IX
Number	2237
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
Nominative	Imperator Caesar Gaius Messius Quintus Traianus Decius Pius
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	23 mm
Axis	11, 12
Reference	D 5073, Geissen 2811, M 3792
Specimens	5 (2 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	More
1	1	B: 96/1892		23	12.48	12	Show
2	2 ✸	O: HCR31291	M 3792	25	12.82	11	Show
3	3	A: 4269	Demetrio 2915	24	13.41	11	Show
4	4	Cologne	Geissen 2811	22.5	13.46	12	Show
5	5		D 5073 = DS pl. 266	22			Show