RPC IX, 2255

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 2255
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Issue L Α = year 1. Group 2: with ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΔƐΚΙΟϹ
Dating AD 249/50
Obverse inscription Α Κ Γ Μ Κ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΔΕΚΙΟϹ ΕΥ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Gaius Messius Quintus Traianus Decius Pius
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L - Α
Reverse design Sarapis standing right, holding sceptre and his drapery
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Axis 11, 12
Reference M 3802–3, BMC 2079
Specimens 16 (9 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 2079
2 2     P: 3338
3 3     B: 28803
4 4     C
5 5     ✸ C: Y.1151-1936
6 6     NY: 1944.100.67291
7 7     NY: 1944.100.67292
8 8     O: HCR31297 M 3802
9 9     O: HCR31298 M 3803
10 10     A: 6883 Demetrio
11 11     CNG EA 311, 25 Sept. 2013, lot 938
12 12     DS pl. 267.12486
13 13     Gorny & Mosch 134, 11 Oct. 2004, lot 2315
14 14     Künker 67, 9 Oct. 2001, lot 942
15 15     MünzZentrum 47, 10 Nov. 1982, lot 369
16 16     MünzZentrum 52, 12 Nov. 1984, lot 1063