RPC IX, 678

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 678
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 Tyche standing left, wearing kalathos, holding rudder resting on globe and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 10.75 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference BMC 346
Specimens 10 (8 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 3, 5–6, 8, 10: same pair of dies. 2, 4, 7: same pair of dies. 1–10: same obv. die as 673/8, 12, 675/1–8, 676/2–4, 7.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1841,B.3068
2 2     L: 1844,0425.1620 BMC 346
3 3     ✸ P: 3527
4 4     B: Dannenberg
5 5     B: I-B
6 6     O
7 7     V: GR 18164
8 8     V: GR 28662
9 9     Tübingen SNG 3302
10 10     Schulten, 26 Mar. 1981, lot 164