RPC IX, 1342

 

Image of specimen #1

 

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
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτορ) Κέ(σαρ) Γ(άϊος) Μέσ(σιος) Κού(ϊντος) Δέκιος Τραϊανὸς Εὐ(σεβὴς) Εὐ(τυχής) Σεβ(αστὸς) Π(ατήρ) Π(ατρίδος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Gaius Messius Quintus Decius Traianus Pious Fortunate Augustus Father of the Fatherland
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΤΑΡϹΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ, Α Μ Κ Γ Β
Edition Ταρσοῦ Μητροπόλεως αʹ μ(εγίστης) κ(αλλίστης) γʹ βʹ
Translation of Tarsus, metropolis, the first, the greatest, the most beautiful, (of the) three (eparchies), twice (neocorate)
Reverse design nude Apollo standing left, holding branch and bow
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 24.20 g
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.

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