RPC IX, 2276


Image of specimen #1

Coin type
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Volume	IX
Number	2276
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
Edition	Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Γ(άϊος) Μ(έσσιος) Κ(ύϊντος) Τραϊανὸς Δέκιος Ε(ὐσεβής)
Translation	Emperor Caesar Gaius Messius Quintus Traianus Decius Pius
Obverse design	laureate and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription	L - Β
Edition	(ἔτους) βʹ
Translation	of year 2
Reverse design	Nike advancing right, holding wreath and palm
Metal	debased silver
Average diameter	24 mm
Average weight	12.68 g
Axis	11, 12
Reference	D 5085, Geissen 2820, M 3829
Specimens	11 (5 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1 ✸	P: 3353		24	12.74	11		Show
2	2	C		24	12.32	11		Show
3	3	Cop	SNG 742		13.26	11		Show
4	4	G	SNG 4621	24	12.95	12		Show
5	5	O: HCR31322	M 3829	24	13.80	11		Show
6	6	A: 4281	Demetrio 2923	23	14.79	12		Show
7	7	Frankfurt: 3125	Förschner 1015	23	13.27			Show
8	8	Cologne	Geissen 2820	23	13.46	12		Show
9	9	Osnabrück	Savio 1951		11.72	12		Show
10	10		CNG 60, 22 May 2002, lot 1287	24	8.52			Show
11	11		D 5085 = DS pl. 267	23			on rev., LΒ	Show