RPC IX, 1342

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1342
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Tarsus
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΕ Γ ΜΕϹ ΚΟΥ ΔΕΚΙΟϹ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΕΥ ΕΥ ϹΕΒ, Π Π
Nominative Imperator Caesar Gaius Messius Quintus Decius Traianus Pius Felix Aug pater patriae
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΤΑΡϹΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ, Α Μ Κ Γ Β
Reverse design nude Apollo standing left, holding branch and bow
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Axis 6, 12
Reference BMC 301
Specimens 8 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–8: same pair of dies. 1–8: same obv. die as 1345/1–5, 1348/1–6, 1349/1–13, 1351/1–2, 1355/1–6, 1359/1–6, 1363/1–3, 1365/1–2, 1367/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: BNK,G.1110 BMC 301
2 2     B: 18311331, 1906 Löbbecke
3 3     Hirsch 159, 21 Sept. 1988, lot 1062
4 4     Lindgren I, 1643
5 5     Lindgren III, 925
6 6     MünzZentrum 63, 13 Apr. 1988, lot 1383 = MünzZentrum 66, 25 Apr. 1989, lot 548
7 7     Tahberer 1659
8 8     CGT coll. = Pecunem 38, 6 Dec. 2015, lot 600