RPC IX, 2263

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 2263
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Issue L Β = year 2
Dating AD 250/1
Obverse inscription Α Κ Γ Μ Κ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΔΕΚΙΟϹ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Gaius Messius Quintus Traianus Decius
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription L - Β
Reverse design Dikaiosyne seated left, holding scales and cornucopia
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Axis 11, 12
Reference Geissen 2818, M 3820, BMC 2073
Specimens 8 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 2073
2 2     NY: 1944.100.67297
3 3     O: HCR31314
4 4     O: HCR31313 M 3820
5 5     Brussels: 906 SNG 1327
6 6     Cologne Geissen 2818
7 7     DS pl. 266.10482
8 8     ✸ Helios 7, 12 Dec. 2011, lot 620