RPC IX, 2281

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 2281
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 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
Translation of year 2
Reverse design Tyche reclining, left, on garlanded couch, holding rudder and raising arm to head
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 13.29 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference BMC 2078
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1864,1118.843 BMC 2078
2 2     A: 4280 Demetrio 2922
3 3     DS pl.267.10495 = Auctiones AG 7, 7 June 1977, lot 491