RPC IX, 629

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 629
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Ionia
City Ephesus
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΔΕΚΙΟϹ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Traianus Decius
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ
Reverse design scene of Astragalomancy: two nude ‘children’ playing with astragali; between them, in the background, cult statue of Artemis of Ephesus between star and crescent
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Axis 6
Reference Karwiese 980
Specimens 6 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–6: same pair of dies. 1–6: same obv. die as 628/1–2, 630/1–4, 634/1–8, 635/1, 637/1, 3, 689/1–8 (Samos), 690/1, 3–4, 9 (Samos), 692/1–4, 6–9, 11–21 (Samos), 693/1–8 (Samos), 695/1–4 (Samos), 697/1–3, 5, 7, 9–11, 13, 15 (Samos), 699/1, 4–6, 9–10 (Samos).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1981,0301.253
2 2     Cop SNG 493 = Kraft p. 133, no. 123a
3 3     Mu SNG 230
4 4     V: GR 31886
5 5     ✸ Hirsch 178, 12 May 1993, lot 1057
6 6     CGT coll. = ex Rohde coll.