RPC IX, 2268


Image of specimen #9

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/9/2268 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
Volume	IX
Number	2268
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	Eirene standing left, holding olive branch and sceptre
Metal	debased silver
Average diameter	24 mm
Average weight	13.05 g
Axis	1, 12
Reference	M 3821
Specimens	12 (7 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1	L: 1950,1006.149	BMC Supp. 3271	26	14.48	12		Show
2	2	P: 3352		23	11.93	12	worn	Show
3	3	B: Löbb.		24	13.80	12	on the rev., LB in the l. field	Show
4	4	G	SNG 4618	24	14.72	12		Show
5	5	NY: 1935.117.900		24	13.94	12		Show
6	6	NY: 1944.100.67300		24	11.18	12	on the rev., LB in the l. field	Show
7	7	O: HCR31315	M 3821	24	12.51	1		Show
8	8	Osnabrück	Savio 1950		11.86	12		Show
9	9 ✸		Curtis 1422 = Emmett coll.	24			on the rev., LB in the l. field	Show
10	10		DS pl. 266.10483	24				Show
11	11		DS pl. 266.12484				LΒ	Show
12	12		J. Aiello coll.				on the rev., LB in the l. field	Show