RPC IX, 692

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 692
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 river god (Imbrasos) reclining left, holding peacock and cornucopia, resting on water urn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 5.21 g
Axis 6, 7, 9
Reference BMC 353
Specimens 22 (16 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 6, 11–12, 18: same pair of dies. 2–4, 7–9, 13–17, 19–21: same pair of dies. 1–4, 6–9, 11–21: 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, 693/1–8, 695/1–4, 697/1–3, 5, 7, 9–11, 13, 15, 699/1, 4–6, 9–10. 1, 5–6, 11–12, 18: same rev. die.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1840,0217.200
2 2     L: 1889,1106.61 BMC 353, pl. XXXVII.15, rev.
3 3     P: 3534
4 4     B: Fox
5 5     B: Fox
6 6     B: Löbb.
7 7     Cop SNG 1784 = Kraft p. 133, no. 123b
8 8     G SNG 1823
9 9     Mu
10 10     NY: 1953.171.789
11 11     O
12 12     O
13 13     O
14 14     V: GR 18168
15 15     V: GR 18169
16 16     V: GR 18170
17 17     CNG EA 160, 14 Mar. 2007, lot 202
18 18     Falghera 2395
19 19     Helios 3, 29 Apr. 2009, lot 422
20 20     V-ON Leypold 774
21 21     M&M GmbH 21, 24 May 2007, lot 671
22 22     van der Dussen 24, 1 June 1995, lot 2842