RPC IX, 2254

 

Image of specimen #8

 

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
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 Sarapis standing right, holding sceptre and his drapery
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 11, 12
Reference D 5087, Geissen 2814, M 3804
Specimens 17 (9 in the core collections)

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