RPC IX, 2246

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 2246
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
Nominative Imperator Caesar Gaius Messius Quintus Traianus Decius
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L Α
Reverse design bust of Hermanubis right, wearing kalathos with taenia and lotus petals in front; at right, winged caduceus and palm
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 11, 12
Reference D 5080, M 3807, BMC 2081
Specimens 11 (7 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1864,1118.840 BMC 2081
2 2     B: Löbb.
3 3     ✸ NY: 1935.117.899
4 4     NY: 1944.100.67289
5 5     NY: 1974.26.4441
6 6     O: HCR31302 M 3807
7 7     V: GR 25389
8 8     A: 4265 Demetrio 2912
9 9     Osnabrück Savio 1946
10 10     D 5080 = DS pl. 266
11 11     J. Aiello coll.