Egypt. Alexandria. Trajan Decius, 249-251. Tetradrachm (Billon, 23.0 mm, 11.69 g). Dated RY 1 (= 249/50). Α Κ Γ Μ Κ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΔΕΚ[ΙΟϹ ΕΥ] Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. Rev. Head of Ammon, right, with headdress of ram’s horns and disk and traces of drapery; L - Α (date) across field. RPC IX, 2235. Dattari-Savio pl. 267, 10496. Geissen-. Emmett 3649. Cf. SAVIO A., Tetradrammi alessandrini, pp. 145-147. Minor deposits and roughness, otherwise, Good Very Fine. Very Rare. Ex Jean Elsen & ses Fils SA V 113, 16.05.2012, lot 544. Traianus Decius continues the sequence of the emperors who are leader and warrior fighting for the defence of Empire’s unsteady borders. He is grim and threatening, in a word realistic, on the obverse of this tetradrachm, wearing a cuirass. Coin of gorgeous conservation and winning style on both sides, as well as remarkable rarity. On the reverse is a sculptural bust of Zeus Ammon.