RPC IX, 666

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 666
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Miletus
Region Ionia
City Samos
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
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 ΠΡΩΤΩΝ ΙΩΝΙΑϹ, ϹΑΜΙΩΝ
Edition πρώτων Ἰωνίας Σαμίων
Translation first of Ionia, (city) of the Samians
Reverse design Decius on horseback riding, left; at left, a figure standing in front of him, holding a spear and raising right arm
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 18.83 g
Axis 6
Reference SNG G 1824
Specimens 8 (7 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–8: same pair of dies. 1–8: same obv. die as 642/1–6 (Ephesus), 665/1–14, 668/1–13, 669/1, 670/1–2.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1961,1301.428
2 2     P: 3524
3 3     B: 28674/96 Kraft p. 132, no. 119b
4 4     G SNG 1824
5 5     NY: 1944.100.47592
6 6     ✸ O
7 7     O Kraft p. 132, no. 119b
8 8     V-ON Leypold 775