RPC IX, 2244

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 2244
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
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 eagle standing left, head right, holding wreath in beak
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Axis 11, 12
Reference D 5096, Geissen 2808, M 3812
Specimens 7 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 2083
2 2     P: 3346
3 3     ✸ O: HCR31307 M 3812
4 4     Cologne Geissen 2808
5 5     D 5096 = DS pl. 267
6 6     Malloy 14, 2 July 1979, lot 567
7 7     MünzZentrum 52, 12 Nov. 1984, lot 1057