RPC IX, 2274

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 2274
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 Homonoia seated left, raising right arm, holding double cornucopia
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Axis 11, 12
Reference D 5082, Ο 3827
Specimens 7 (5 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Mu
2 2     NY: 1944.100.67304
3 3     NY: 1974.26.4448
4 4     O: HCR31319 M 3826
5 5     ✸ O: HCR31320 M 3827
6 6     D 5082 = DS pl. 266
7 7     J. Aiello coll.