RPC IX, 2266


Image of specimen #2

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/9/2266 json ttl rdf xml
Volume	IX
Number	2266
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	eagle standing left, head right, spreading wings, holding wreath in beak
Metal	debased silver
Average diameter	23 mm
Axis	11, 12
Reference	D 5098, M 3835
Specimens	17 (9 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	More
1	1	P: 1923, Maspero		25	11.65	12	Show
2	2 ✸	P: 3354		24	12.72	11	Show
3	3	B: Löbb.		23	11.79	12	Show
4	4	C		24	12.66	11	Show
5	5	NY: 1944.100.67309		24	13.73	12	Show
6	6	NY: 1944.100.67310		23	12.72	12	Show
7	7	O: HCR31325	M 3835	23	12.36	12	Show
8	8	V: GR 25396		24	10.60	11	Show
9	9	V: GR 25397		23	13.51	11	Show
10	10	A: 4285	Demetrio 2927	24	13.47	12	Show
11	11	A: 6888	Demetrio	22	11.97	12	Show
12	12	Brussels: 908	SNG 1330	23	11.78	12	Show
13	13	Frankfurt: 3126	Förschner 1014	23	13.37		Show
14	14	Osnabrück	Savio 1948				Show
15	15		D 5098 = DS pl. 266	21			Show
16	16		J. Aiello coll.				Show
17	17		Malloy 14, 2 July 1979, lot 568				Show