RPC IX, 673

 

Image of specimen #12

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 673
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 warrior advancing, right, head left, extending right arm and holding round shield, left foot on prow, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 10.07 g
Axis 6, 7, 12
Reference BMC 348
Specimens 23 (20 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 3, 9, 18: same pair of dies. 2, 4, 10–11, 13–17, 19–20: same pair of dies. 5, 7, 21: same pair of dies. 1–7, 9–11, 13–22: 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, 672/1–6, 674/1, 3–5, 677/1–8, 679/1–16. 8, 12: same obv. die as 675/1–8, 676/2–4, 7, 678/1–10. 2, 4, 8, 10–11, 13–17, 19–20: same rev. die as 682/1, 5. 6: same rev. die as 682/2–3, 7–8. 12: same rev. die as 682/4, 6, 9, 12, 14.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1841,TB.3067 BMC 348
2 2     L: G.0846
3 3     P: 3532
4 4     P: 3533
5 5     P: 3600, de Ricci
6 6     B: I-B
7 7     B: Löbb.
8 8     B: Rauch
9 9     Cop SNG 1782 = Kraft p. 133, no. 127c
10 10     G SNG 1822
11 11     Mu
12 12     ✸ NY: 1944.100.47593
13 13     NY: 1944.100.47594
14 14     NY: 1947.97.442
15 15     O
16 16     O
17 17     O
18 18     O
19 19     O
20 20     V: GR 18166
21 21     CNG EA 185, 2 Apr. 2008, lot 190
22 22     SNG vA 2326
23 23     Leeds-UL: 1519