RPC IX, 698

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 698
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Miletus
Region Ionia
City Samos
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΔΕΚΙΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Τραϊανὸς Δέκιος
Translation Emperor 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 5.17 g
Axis 6, 11
Reference SNG vA 2325
Specimens 8 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–8: same pair of dies. 1–8: same obv. die as 581/1–3, 7 (Colophon), 691/1–5, 694/1–2, 696/1–3. 1–8: same rev. die as 697/1, 6, 8, 10, 13.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 3537
2 2     Cop SNG 1787
3 3     ✸ O
4 4     V: GR 18165 Kraft p. 133, no. 122b
5 5     HI coll.
6 6     MünzZentrum 135, 10 Jan. 2007, lot 242
7 7     MünzZentrum 74, 11 Nov. 1992, lot 240
8 8     SNG vA 2325