RPC IX, 2275


Image of specimen #5

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/9/2275 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
Volume	IX
Number	2275
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	Nike advancing right, holding wreath and palm
Metal	debased silver
Average diameter	23 mm
Average weight	12.52 g
Axis	11, 12
Reference	M 3830, BMC 2077
Specimens	6 (4 in the core collections)

#	Specimen	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	More
1	1	L	BMC 2077	23	13.46	11	Show
2	2	NY: 1944.100.67205		22	12.51	12	Show
3	3	NY: 1974.26.4449		23	11.17	12	Show
4	4	O: HCR31323	M 3830	24	13.22	12	Show
5	5 ✸		CNG EA 137, 12 Apr. 2006, lot 163	23	12.24		Show
6	6		DS pl. 267.10492				Show