RPC IX, 690

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 690
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 male figure, standing left, wearing short chiton, holding scroll(?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 4.65 g
Axis 5, 6
Specimens 10 (8 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 3–4, 9: same pair of dies. 2, 5–8: same pair of dies. 1, 3–4, 9: 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), 689/1–8, 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. 2, 5–8: same obv. die as 697/4, 6, 8, 12, 699/2–3, 7–8. 1–9: same rev. die as 691/1–5.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1899,0401.73
2 2     P: 1966/453, Delepierre
3 3     P: 3540
4 4     B: Fox
5 5     B: I-B
6 6     Mu
7 7     O
8 8     ✸ V: GR 18172 Kraft p. 133, no. 123b
9 9     Harvard: 1986.382.77
10 10     Freiburg: 250