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Coin ID #9812

Samos (AD 248-251) AE 34 - Trajan Decius

Trajan Decius, 249-251 AD. AE34 (16.80g). ΑΥΤ Κ Γ ΜЄ ΚΥ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟC ΔЄΚΙΟC, radiate, cuirassed bust right, seen from front, Medusa head on breastplate, fold of cloak on front shoulder / ΣΑ - ΜΙ - ΩΝ Poseidon, placing right foot on rock and holding scepter, and Zeus, holding thunderbolt and scepter, standing side by side and looking at each other. About VF. MFA inventory no. 64.544. Ex Lord Grantley Coll.; Ex Lockett Coll.; gift of Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius C. Vermeule III in 1964.

File information
Filename:19.jpg
City/Mint name:Samos
Keywords:roman / bronze
References:BM 340, pl. XXXVII.12 (reverse only, same die)
Valuation:Gemini Auc. VI (1/2010), lot 843 ($750 + comm)
Photo courtesy of:Gemini, LLC - www.geminiauction.com
Filesize:93 KiB
Date added:Jan 08, 2013
Dimensions:600 x 300 pixels
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