Trajan Decius. ; Trajan Decius; 249-251 AD, Alexandria, Egypt, Year 1=249/50 AD, Billion Tetradrachm, 12.43g. BM-2079, Dattari/Savio-pl. 267, 12486, RPC-2254 (16 spec.). Obv: A K G M K TPAIANOC ?EKIOC EV Bust laureate, draped, cuirassed r. Rx: Serapis standing l., head r., wearing kalathos on head and holding scepter; date L - A across field. Acquired from W.W. Lyon, 13 June 1965; with an older collector's ticket in English naming as source "Dupriez". Ex Bill Behnen Collection.Brown patina, some light pitting on reverse. VF
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