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Tetradrachm of Alexandria with bust of Trajan II Decius

Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 249–250
Mint: Egypt, Alexandria

Medium/Technique Billon
Dimensions Diameter: 23 mm. Weight: 12.33 gm. Die Axis: 12
Credit Line The Sidney A. and Ellen M. Wien Collection—Given in their memory by Claire W. and Richard P. Morse
Accession Number2004.1354
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ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

DescriptionObverse: Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Trajan Decius to right.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Nike flying right, holding wreath.
In field left and right: L A (year 1)
ProvenanceCollected by Sidney A. Wien (1902-1962), Atlanta, Georgia, between the mid-1940's and 1962; by descent to his daughter, Claire W. Morse, in 1962; to the MFA in November 2004, gift of Claire W. and Richard P. Morse.