RPC IX, 675

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 675
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Miletus
Region Ionia
City Samos
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΔΕΚΙΟϹ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Traianus Decius
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ϹΑΜΙΩΝ
Reverse design nymph(?), half nude, standing right, holding basin or shell
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Axis 6
Reference BMC 349
Specimens 8 (5 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–8: same pair of dies. 1–8: same obv. die as 673/8, 12, 676/2–4, 7, 678/1–10. 1–8: same rev. die as 684/1–7.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1889,1106.60 BMC 349, pl. XXXVII.13, rev.
2 2     ✸ P: 3525
3 3     Cop SNG 1781
4 4     O
5 5     V: GR 18167
6 6     Lanz 92, 4 June 1999, lot 1057
7 7     V-ON Leypold 776
8 8     Weber 6341