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
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 Tyche reclining, left, on garlanded couch, holding rudder and raising arm to head
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 24 mm
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