RPC IX, 697

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 697
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, holding rudder on globe and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 5.26 g
Axis 6
Reference BMC 347
Specimens 17 (12 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 10, 13: same pair of dies. 2–3, 5, 7, 11: same pair of dies. 4, 12: same pair of dies. 6, 8: same pair of dies. 1–3, 5, 7, 9–11, 13, 15: 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, 690/1, 3–4, 9, 692/1–4, 6–9, 11–21, 693/1–8, 695/1–4, 699/1, 4–6, 9–10. 4, 6, 8, 12: same obv. die as 690/2, 5–8, 699/2–3, 7–8. 1, 6, 8, 10, 13: same rev. die as 698/1–8.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1844,0425.1595 BMC 347
2 2     P: 3538
3 3     B: Fox
4 4     B: Löbb.
5 5     B: Löbb.
6 6     G SNG 1821
7 7     Mu
8 8     Mu
9 9     NY: 1944.100.47598
10 10     O
11 11     O
12 12     O
13 13     Harvard: 1986.382.76
14 14     Lindgren I, 602
15 15     Missere 343
16 16     Freiburg: 249
17 17     H.I. coll.