RPC IX, 2240


Image of specimen #4

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/9/2240 json ttl rdf xml
Volume	IX
Number	2240
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	Athena seated left, holding Nike and spear
Metal	debased silver
Average diameter	23 mm
Axis	11, 12
Reference	D 5075, Geissen 2812, M 3789
Specimens	9 (4 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1	B: Löbb.		23	11.63	12		Show
2	2	C: 889-1950		25	13.17	11		Show
3	3	G	SNG 4614	24	12.95	12		Show
4	4 ✸	O: HCR31288	M 3789	24	12.91	11	Tell-el-Maskhuta hoard	Show
5	5	Frankfurt: 3122	Förschner 1012	25	12.13			Show
6	6	Cologne	Geissen 2812	22	12.41	12		Show
7	7	Osnabrück	Savio 1945		13.95	12		Show
8	8		D 5075 = DS pl. 266	21				Show
9	9		J. Aiello coll.					Show