Æ21 - Trajan Decius ϹΑΜΙΩΝ

Samos struck coins under Trajan Decius as part of the broader civic coinage tradition of the Ionian conventus, but the island's output during this reign was limited — the city was well past its peak as a minting authority by the mid-third century. The ethnic legend ϹΑΜΙΩΝ places this firmly within the civic series rather than any imperial workshop. Decius himself reigned fewer than three years before dying at the Battle of Abritus in 251 AD, the first Roman emperor killed in battle against a foreign enemy.