RPC IX, 2282

 

Image of specimen #3

 

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
Nominative Imperator Caesar Gaius Messius Quintus Traianus Decius Pius
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 25 mm
Axis 12
Reference D 5090 = DS pl. 267
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)

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.