RPC IX, 2266


Image of specimen #2

Coin type
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Volume	IX
Number	2266
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 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 and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription	L Β
Edition	(ἔτους) βʹ
Translation	of year 2
Reverse design	eagle standing left, head right, spreading wings, holding wreath in beak
Metal	debased silver
Average diameter	23 mm
Average weight	12.49 g
Axis	11, 12
Reference	D 5098, M 3835
Specimens	17 (9 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	More
1	1	P: 1923, Maspero		25	11.65	12	Show
2	2 ✸	P: 3354		24	12.72	11	Show
3	3	B: Löbb.		23	11.79	12	Show
4	4	C		24	12.66	11	Show
5	5	NY: 1944.100.67309		24	13.73	12	Show
6	6	NY: 1944.100.67310		23	12.72	12	Show
7	7	O: HCR31325	M 3835	23	12.36	12	Show
8	8	V: GR 25396		24	10.60	11	Show
9	9	V: GR 25397		23	13.51	11	Show
10	10	A: 4285	Demetrio 2927	24	13.47	12	Show
11	11	A: 6888	Demetrio	22	11.97	12	Show
12	12	Brussels: 908	SNG 1330	23	11.78	12	Show
13	13	Frankfurt: 3126	Förschner 1014	23	13.37		Show
14	14	Osnabrück	Savio 1948				Show
15	15		D 5098 = DS pl. 266	21			Show
16	16		J. Aiello coll.				Show
17	17		Malloy 14, 2 July 1979, lot 568				Show