RPC IX, 2243

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 2243
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
Edition Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Γ(άϊος) Μ(έσσιος) Κ(ύϊντος) Τραϊανὸς Δέκιος Ε(ὐσεβής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Gaius Messius Quintus Traianus Decius Pius
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 eagle standing left, head right, holding wreath in beak
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 12.56 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference M 3813, BMC 2084
Specimens 26 (13 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L BMC 2084
2 2     P: 1920, Maspero
3 3     P: 3345
4 4     B: 28371
5 5     C
6 6     C: Y.1153-1936
7 7     G SNG 4613
8 8     Mu
9 9     Mu
10 10     Mu
11 11     NY: 1944.100.67307
12 12     O: HCR31308 M 3813
13 13     V: GR 25394
14 14     Brussels: 907 SNG 1325
15 15     Milan SNG 1678
16 16     CNG 45, 18 Mar. 1998, lot 1091
17 17     CNG EA 169, 25 July 2007, lot 146
18 18     CNG EA 214, 15 July 2009, lot 342
19 19     DS pl. 267.10498
20 20     DS pl. 267.12488
21 21     M&M GmbH 14, 16 Apr. 2004, lot 866
22 22     MünzZentrum 52, 12 Nov. 1984, lot 1059
23 23     Peus 369, 31 Oct. 2001, lot 1346
24 24     Roma Numismatics IV, 30 Sept. 2012, lot 763
25 25     CGT coll.
26 26     Freiburg: 12420