RPC IX, 665

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 665
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Miletus
Region Ionia
City Samos
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Γ ΜΕ ΚΥ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΔΕΚΙΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Γ(άϊος) Μ(έσσιος) Κυ(ίντος) Τραϊανὸς Δέκιος
Translation Emperor Caesar Gaius Messius Quintus Traianus Decius
Obverse design radiate and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from front, with gorgoneion on cuirass
Reverse inscription ϹΑΜΙΩΝ
Edition Σαμίων
Translation of the Samians
Reverse design to left, nude Poseidon standing with foot on rock, facing, head right, holding trident; to right, nude Zeus standing facing, head left, holding thunderbolt and long sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 16.57 g
Axis 6, 11
Reference BMC 340–2
Specimens 14 (10 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–14: same pair of dies. 1–14: same obv. die as 642/1–6 (Ephesus), 666/1–8, 668/1–13, 669/1, 670/1–2.
Note All the coins recorded seem to be casts of an original specimen
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 340, pl. XXXVII.12, rev.
2 2     L: 1889,1106.59 BMC 342
3 3     L: Th.III,2257 BMC 341
4 4     P: 1966/453, Delepierre
5 5     ✸ P: 3518
6 6     G SNG 1819
7 7     Mu
8 8     Mu
9 9     V: GR 18157
10 10     V: GR 18158
11 11     Tübingen SNG 3301
12 12     Gemini VI, 10 Jan. 2010, lot 843 = ex Boston MFA 64.544
13 13     Lanz 92, 4 June 1999, lot 1056
14 14     V-ON Leypold 777