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Image of specimen #1 |
URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/9/1343 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
Volume | IX |
Number | 1343 |
Province | Cilicia |
Region | Cilicia |
Subregion | Cilicia Pedias |
City | Tarsus |
Reign | Trajan Decius |
Person (obv.) | Trajan Decius (Augustus) |
Obverse inscription | ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Γ ΜΕϹ ΚΥΙΝ ΔΕΚΙΟϹ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ, Π Π |
Edition | Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Γ(άϊος) Μέσ(σιος) Κύϊν(τος) Δέκιος Τραϊανὸς Π(ατὴρ) Π(ατρίδος) |
Translation | Emperor Caesar Gaius Messius Quintus Decius Traianus 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 chlamys |
Metal | copper-based alloy |
Average diameter | 34 mm |
Average weight | 21.10 g |
Axis | 6 |
Reference | BMC 302 |
Specimens | 2 (1 in the core collections) |
Die-links | 1–2: same obv. die as 1344/1–6, 1346/1–11, 1350/1–17, 1352/1–15, 1353/1–4, 1354/1–6, 1356/1, 3, 6, 9, 15–16, 18, 23, 1357/1–5, 1358/1–7, 1361/1–8. |