RPC IX, 2255

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 2255
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 Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Γ(άϊος) Μ(έσσιος) Κ(υΐντος) Τραϊανὸς Δέκιος Εὐ(σεβής)
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 24 mm
Average weight 12.73 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference M 3802–3, BMC 2079
Specimens 16 (9 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 2079
2 2     P: 3338
3 3     B: 28803
4 4     C
5 5     ✸ C: Y.1151-1936
6 6     NY: 1944.100.67291
7 7     NY: 1944.100.67292
8 8     O: HCR31297 M 3802
9 9     O: HCR31298 M 3803
10 10     A: 6883 Demetrio
11 11     CNG EA 311, 25 Sept. 2013, lot 938
12 12     DS pl. 267.12486
13 13     Gorny & Mosch 134, 11 Oct. 2004, lot 2315
14 14     Künker 67, 9 Oct. 2001, lot 942
15 15     MünzZentrum 47, 10 Nov. 1982, lot 369
16 16     MünzZentrum 52, 12 Nov. 1984, lot 1063