RPC IX, 2270

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 2270
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 Elpis advancing left, holding flower and raising skirt
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Axis 1, 11, 12
Reference Geissen 2819, M 3823
Specimens 11 (7 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 3350
2 2     B: 28629/17
3 3     B: Löbb.
4 4     G SNG 4620
5 5     NY: 1944.100.67301
6 6     NY: 1974.26.4447
7 7     O: HCR31317 M 3823
8 8     A: 4278 Demetrio 2921
9 9     Cologne Geissen 2819
10 10     Milan SNG 1681
11 11     DS pl. 266.10485