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Image of specimen #5 |
URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/9/2255 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
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 |
Edition | Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Γ(άϊος) Μ(έσσιος) Κ(υΐντος) Τραϊανὸς Δέκιος Εὐ(σεβής) |
Translation | Emperor Caesar Gaius Messius Quintus Traianus Decius Pius |
Obverse design | laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from rear |
Reverse inscription | L - Α |
Edition | (ἔτους) αʹ |
Translation | of year 1 |
Reverse design | Sarapis standing right, holding sceptre and his drapery |
Metal | debased silver |
Average diameter | 24 mm |
Average weight | 12.73 g |
Axis | 11, 12 |
Reference | M 3802–3, BMC 2079 |
Specimens | 16 (9 in the core collections) |