RPC IX, 2282

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 2282
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 Tyche reclining, left, on garlanded couch, holding rudder and raising arm to head
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 12.92 g
Axis 12
Reference D 5090 = DS pl. 267
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 3348
2 2     NY: 1944.100.66306
3 3     ✸ D 5090 = DS pl. 267 = Künker 347, 22 Mar. 2021, lot 315
4 4     J. Aiello coll.