RPC IX, 2273

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 2273
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
Nominative Imperator Caesar Gaius Messius Quintus Traianus Decius
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription L - Β
Reverse design Homonoia seated left, raising right arm, holding double cornucopia
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 22 mm
Axis 1, 11, 12
Reference Ο 3828, BMC 2075
Specimens 9 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1864,1118.842 BMC 2075
2 2     P: 3351
3 3     O: HCR31321 M 3828
4 4     A: 4283 Demetrio 2925
5 5     Brussels: 905 SNG 1329
6 6     CNG EA 99, 13 Oct. 2004, lot 87
7 7     DS pl. 266.10487
8 8     J. Aiello coll.
9 9     CGT coll.