RPC IX, 2268

 

Image of specimen #9

 

Coin type
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
Nominative Imperator Caesar Gaius Messius Quintus Traianus Decius Pius
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription L - Β
Reverse design Eirene standing left, holding olive branch and sceptre
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Axis 1, 12
Reference M 3821
Specimens 12 (7 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1950,1006.149 BMC Supp. 3271
2 2     P: 3352
3 3     B: Löbb.
4 4     G SNG 4618
5 5     NY: 1935.117.900
6 6     NY: 1944.100.67300
7 7     O: HCR31315 M 3821
8 8     Osnabrück Savio 1950
9 9     ✸ Curtis 1422 = Emmett coll.
10 10     DS pl. 266.10483
11 11     DS pl. 266.12484
12 12     J. Aiello coll.