RPC IX, 2254

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 2254
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 Sarapis standing right, holding sceptre and his drapery
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 12.61 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference D 5087, Geissen 2814, M 3804
Specimens 17 (9 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1925, Maspero
2 2     B: Löbb.
3 3     Cop SNG 739
4 4     Mu
5 5     Mu
6 6     NY: 1974.26.4443
7 7     NY: 1974.95.4444
8 8     ✸ O: HCR31299 M 3804
9 9     V: GR 25385
10 10     A: 4266
11 11     Cologne Geissen 2814
12 12     CNA, MBS 14, 20 Mar. 1991, lot 525
13 13     CNG EA 211, 3 June 2009, lot 349
14 14     D 5087 = DS pl. 267
15 15     J. Aiello coll.
16 16     Peus 369, 31 Oct. 2001, lot 1345
17 17     Freiburg: 12423