RPC IX, 689

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 689
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 female figure standing left, wearing stephane, holding wreath and palm
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Axis 6, 8, 11
Reference BMC 350
Specimens 9 (6 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–8: same pair of dies. 1–8: same obv. die as 628/1–2 (Ephesus), 629/1–6 (Ephesus), 630/1–4 (Ephesus), 634/1–8 (Ephesus), 635/1 (Ephesus), 637/1, 3 (Ephesus), 690/1, 3–4, 9, 692/1–4, 6–9, 11–21, 693/1–8, 695/1–4, 697/1–3, 5, 7, 9–11, 13, 15, 699/1, 4–6, 9–10.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1843,0712.69 BMC 350
2 2     P: 3608, de Ricci
3 3     B: I-B
4 4     Cop SNG 1783 = Kraft p. 133, no. 123b
5 5     ✸ O
6 6     V: GR 18171
7 7     Harvard: 1986.382.74
8 8     CGT coll.
9 9     Freiburg: 248