RPC IX, 2245

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 2245
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 conjoined bust of Helios, radiate-headed and draped, right, in front of bust of Selene, right, with crescent
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ J. Aiello coll.