RPC IX, 1344

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1344
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 facing, head left, holding branch and lyre which rests on basis
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 17.39 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Levante 1162
Specimens 6 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–6: same pair of dies. 1–6: same obv. die as 1343/1–2, 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.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1955.176.6
2 2     O
3 3     ✸ V: GR 19277
4 4     SNG Levante 1162
5 5     Tahberer 1662
6 6     CGT coll.