RPC IX, 2238


Image of specimen #4

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/9/2238 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
Volume	IX
Number	2238
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	Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Γάϊος Μέσσιος Κύϊντος Τραϊανὸς Δέκιος Εὐσεβής Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Γ(άϊος) Μ(έσσιος) Κ(ύϊντος) Τραϊανὸς Δέκιος Εὐ(σεβής)
Translation	Emperor Caesar Gaius Messius Quintus Trajan Decius Pius
Obverse design	laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription	L - Α
Edition	ἔτους αʹ (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	12.68 g
Axis	11, 12
Reference	M 3791, BMC 2072
Specimens	9 (4 in the core collections)

#	Specimen	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	More
1	1	L: 1844,0425.2471	BMC 2072	24	12.60	12	Show
2	2	NY: 1944.100.67283		25	12.71	12	Show
3	3	O: HCR31290	M 3791	23	13.67	11	Show
4	4 ✸	V: GR 37998, Voetter		24	12.95	11	Show
5	5	A: 4270	Demetrio 2915A	23	12.58	11	Show
6	6	Brussels: 902	SNG 1323	22	11.58	12	Show
7	7		DS pl. 266.12482				Show
8	8		J. Aiello coll.				Show
9	9		Malloy 14, 2 July 1979, lot 563				Show