RPC IX, 695

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 695
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 temple with four columns enclosing statue of Hera of Samos, standing facing, wearing kalathos, having fillets
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 5.16 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference SNG C 4660
Specimens 4 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–4: same pair of dies. 1–4: 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, 697/1–3, 5, 7, 9–11, 13, 15, 699/1, 4–6, 9–10. 1–4: same rev. die as 696/1–3, 1438/4–5 (Mallus).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: I-B
2 2     C SNG 4660
3 3     Mu
4 4     ✸ GN, Vcoins, Jan. 2013