RPC IX, 699

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 699
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 cult statue of Samian Hera and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 4.63 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference BMC 345
Specimens 10 (8 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 4–6, 9–10: same pair of dies. 2–3, 7–8: same pair of dies. 1, 4–6, 9–10: 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, 697/1–3, 5, 7, 9–11, 13, 15. 2–3, 7–8: same obv. die as 690/2, 5–8, 697/4, 6, 8, 12. 1–10: same rev. die.
Note See also no. https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/3739 for a larger denomination of the same description
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1839,0919.316 BMC 345
2 2     L: 1961,0301.310
3 3     ✸ P: 3535
4 4     P: 3536
5 5     B: Löbb.
6 6     B: Sperling
7 7     C: Lewis 1506
8 8     Mu
9 9     Boston: 88.48
10 10     Harvard: 1986.382.75