RPC IX, 2269


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Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/9/2269 json ttl rdf xml
Volume	IX
Number	2269
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
Nominative	Imperator Caesar Gaius Messius Quintus Traianus Decius
Obverse design	laureate and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription	L - Β
Reverse design	Elpis advancing left, holding flower and raising skirt
Metal	debased silver
Average diameter	24 mm
Axis	1, 11, 12
Reference	D 5078, M 3824, BMC 2074
Specimens	11 (5 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	More
1	1 ✸	L: 1864,1118.841	BMC 2074	27	12.90	12	Show
2	2	C		24	11.78	12	Show
3	3	NY: 1944.100.67302		25	12.56	12	Show
4	4	O: HCR31318	M 3824	24	13.97	12	Show
5	5	V: GR 25395		25	12.64	11	Show
6	6	A: AE, 4278A	Demetrio	24	13.71	1	Show
7	7	Brussels: 904	SNG 1328	22	13.48	12	Show
8	8		CNG EA 231, 14 Apr. 2010, lot 157	22	11.71	11	Show
9	9		CNG MBS 81, 20 May 2009, lot 892	23	13.97	12	Show
10	10		D 5078 = DS pl. 266	23			Show
11	11		J. Aiello coll.				Show