Coin: æ

Museum number:
8-4932
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21080004932
Accession number:
Acc.184
Description:
Coin; AE; Greek. 9.24 grams, 28.2 mm. Trajan Decius, 249-251 AD. Samos, Greece. Obverse: AYT K TPAIANOC ΔEKIOC, bust of Trajan Decius r. laureate, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: CAMIΩN, Tyche of Samos standing l. wearing modius, holding cultus-statue of Samian Hera and cornucopiae.
Donor:
Alfred Emerson
Collection place:
Samos, North Aegean, Greece
Verbatim coll. place:
Ionia; Samos
Production place:
Samos, North Aegean, Greece
Culture or time period:
Barracks Emperors (235–284 AD)
Collector:
Alfred Emerson
Collection date:
before 1905
Materials:
Bronze (metal)
Person depicted:
Trajan Decius (Emperor of Rome) and Tyche of Samos
Inscription:
Reverse legend: SA M I ON and Obverse legend: AYT K TRAIANOS DEKIOS
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Coins (money)
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
249-251 AD
Accession date:
1905
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Dimensions:
weight 9.24 grams and linear 28.2 millimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 6 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-4932, described as Coin; AE; Greek. 9.24 grams, 28.2 mm. Trajan Decius, 249-251 AD. Samos, Greece. Obverse: AYT K TPAIANOC ΔEKIOC, bust of Trajan Decius r. laureate, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: CAMIΩN, Tyche of Samos standing l. wearing modius, holding cultus-statue of Samian Hera and cornucopiae.Hearst Museum object 2 of 6 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-4932, described as Coin; AE; Greek. 9.24 grams, 28.2 mm. Trajan Decius, 249-251 AD. Samos, Greece. Obverse: AYT K TPAIANOC ΔEKIOC, bust of Trajan Decius r. laureate, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: CAMIΩN, Tyche of Samos standing l. wearing modius, holding cultus-statue of Samian Hera and cornucopiae.Hearst Museum object 3 of 6 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-4932, described as Coin; AE; Greek. 9.24 grams, 28.2 mm. Trajan Decius, 249-251 AD. Samos, Greece. Obverse: AYT K TPAIANOC ΔEKIOC, bust of Trajan Decius r. laureate, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: CAMIΩN, Tyche of Samos standing l. wearing modius, holding cultus-statue of Samian Hera and cornucopiae.Hearst Museum object 4 of 6 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-4932, described as Coin; AE; Greek. 9.24 grams, 28.2 mm. Trajan Decius, 249-251 AD. Samos, Greece. Obverse: AYT K TPAIANOC ΔEKIOC, bust of Trajan Decius r. laureate, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: CAMIΩN, Tyche of Samos standing l. wearing modius, holding cultus-statue of Samian Hera and cornucopiae.Hearst Museum object 5 of 6 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-4932, described as Coin; AE; Greek. 9.24 grams, 28.2 mm. Trajan Decius, 249-251 AD. Samos, Greece. Obverse: AYT K TPAIANOC ΔEKIOC, bust of Trajan Decius r. laureate, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: CAMIΩN, Tyche of Samos standing l. wearing modius, holding cultus-statue of Samian Hera and cornucopiae.Hearst Museum object 6 of 6 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-4932, described as Coin; AE; Greek. 9.24 grams, 28.2 mm. Trajan Decius, 249-251 AD. Samos, Greece. Obverse: AYT K TPAIANOC ΔEKIOC, bust of Trajan Decius r. laureate, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: CAMIΩN, Tyche of Samos standing l. wearing modius, holding cultus-statue of Samian Hera and cornucopiae.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-4932, described as Coin; AE; Greek. 9.24 grams, 28.2 mm. Trajan Decius, 249-251 AD. Samos, Greece. Obverse: AYT K TPAIANOC ΔEKIOC, bust of Trajan Decius r. laureate, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: CAMIΩN, Tyche of Samos standing l. wearing modius, holding cultus-statue of Samian Hera and cornucopiae.

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