RPC IX, 672

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 672
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Miletus
Region Ionia
City Samos
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΔΕΚΙΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Τραϊανὸς Δέκιος
Translation Emperor Caesar Trajan Decius
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ϹΑΜΙΩΝ
Edition Σαμίων
Translation of the Samians
Reverse design cult statue of Samian Hera standing facing, wearing kalathos, having fillets, between two peacocks
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 10.84 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference BMC 335
Specimens 6 (5 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3, 5: same pair of dies. 1–6: same obv. die as 585/1–4 (Colophon), 586/1 (Colophon), 594/1 (Colophon), 648/1–3 (Hypaepa), 649/1–4 (Hypaepa), 650/1–2 (Hypaepa), 651/1–2 (Hypaepa), 671/1, 673/1–7, 9–11, 13–22, 674/1, 3–5, 677/1–8, 679/1–16.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1839,0910.318 BMC 335
2 2     P: 3529
3 3     B: 18200845, Fox
4 4     Cop SNG 1778 = Kraft p. 133, no. 127c
5 5     O
6 6     ✸ Winterthur: G 3266