RPC IX, 2269


Image of specimen #1

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/9/2269 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
Volume	IX
Number	2269
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
Edition	Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Γάϊος Μέσσιος Κύϊντος Τραϊανὸς Δέκιος Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Γ(άϊος) Μ(έσσιος) Κ(ύϊντος) Τραϊανὸς Δέκιος
Translation	Emperor Caesar Gaius Messius Quintus Traianus Decius
Obverse design	laureate and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription	L - Β
Edition	ἔτους βʹ (ἔτους) βʹ
Translation	of year 2
Reverse design	Elpis advancing left, holding flower and raising skirt
Metal	debased silver
Average diameter	24 mm
Average weight	12.97 g
Axis	1, 11, 12
Reference	D 5078, M 3824, BMC 2074
Specimens	11 (5 in the core collections)

#	Specimen	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	More
1	1 ✸	L: 1864,1118.841	BMC 2074	27	12.90	12	Show
2	2	C		24	11.78	12	Show
3	3	NY: 1944.100.67302		25	12.56	12	Show
4	4	O: HCR31318	M 3824	24	13.97	12	Show
5	5	V: GR 25395		25	12.64	11	Show
6	6	A: AE, 4278A	Demetrio	24	13.71	1	Show
7	7	Brussels: 904	SNG 1328	22	13.48	12	Show
8	8		CNG EA 231, 14 Apr. 2010, lot 157	22	11.71	11	Show
9	9		CNG MBS 81, 20 May 2009, lot 892	23	13.97	12	Show
10	10		D 5078 = DS pl. 266	23			Show
11	11		J. Aiello coll.				Show