RPC IX, 642

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 642
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Ionia
City Ephesus
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Issue Issue struck by Samos?
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Γ ΜΕ ΚΥ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΔΕΚΙΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Γ(άϊος) Μ(έσσιος) Κυ(ίντος) Τραϊανὸς Δέκιος
Translation Emperor Caesar Gaius Messius Quintus Traianus Decius
Obverse design radiate and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from front, with gorgoneion on cuirass
Reverse inscription ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ ΠΡΩΤΩΝ ΑϹΙΑϹ
Edition Ἐφεσίων πρώτων Ἀσίας
Translation of the Ephesians, first of Asia
Reverse design cow right, suckling calf
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 17.68 g
Axis 6
Reference Karwiese 994
Specimens 7 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–4, 6: same pair of dies. 1–6: same obv. die as 665/1–14 (Samos), 666/1–8 (Samos), 668/1–13 (Samos), 669/1 (Samos), 670/1–2 (Samos).
Note On the similarity with the coins of Samos, see introduction
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1897,0104.210
2 2     L: 1979,0101.1737 SNG vA 1915
3 3     Cop SNG 490 = Kraft p. 132, no. 119a
4 4     Mu SNG 226 = Kraft p. 132, no. 119a
5 5     CNG 55, 13 Sept. 2000, lot 956 = Elsen 60, 11 Dec. 1999, lot 697
6 6     Peus 366, 29 Oct. 2000, lot 630 = Bankhaus Aufhäuser 4, 7–8 Oct. 1987, lot 426
7 7     see Karwiese p. 212, Schlesinger II’35, 1266