RPC IX, 630

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 630
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 ΑϹΙΑϹ Α ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ
Reverse design galley with four rowers and one vexillum, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Axis 6
Reference Karwiese 996
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–4: same pair of dies. 1–4: same obv. die as 628/1–2, 629/1–6, 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     Mu SNG 231
2 2     V: GR 35376
3 3     Gorny & Mosch 108, 3 Apr. 2001, lot 1490
4 4     ✸ Hauck & Aufhäuser 21, 17 Mar. 2009, lot 442