RPC IX, 674

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 674
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 Nemesis veiled, wearing long chiton, standing facing, right hand on chest; at her feet, wheel
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 11.29 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference SNG C 4659
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 3–5: same pair of dies. 1, 3–5: 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, 673/1–7, 9–11, 13–22, 677/1–8, 679/1–16. 1–5: same rev. die.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 3528
2 2     C SNG 4659
3 3     Bern: Righetti 933
4 4     CNG 53, 15 Mar. 2000, lot 1092
5 5     Naumann 98, 3 Jan. 2021, lot 525