RPC IX, 1347

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1347
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 Γ Β, Α Μ Κ
Edition Ταρσοῦ Μητροπόλεως γʹ βʹ αʹ μ(εγίστης) κ(αλλίστης)
Translation of Tarsus, metropolis, (of the) three (eparchies), twice (neocorate), the first, the greatest, the most beautiful
Reverse design Artemis standing right, drawing arrow from quiver at shoulder and holding bow; at left, stag standing left; at right, dog running right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 20.44 g
Axis 6
Reference SNG France 1754
Specimens 24 (6 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3, 6–9, 11–12, 16–18, 20: same pair of dies. 1–21: same obv. die as 1356/2, 4–5, 7–8, 10–14, 17, 20–2, 24–30, 1360/1–18, 1362/1, 1414/4.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1492 Wa 4684, pl. XII.15, rev. = SNG 1754
2 2     P: 1539/42, de Ricci SNG 1755
3 3     ✸ B: 18311333, 1906 Löbbecke
4 4     Cop SNG 400
5 5     NY: 1947.97.496
6 6     O
7 7     Boston: 63.3009
8 8     Ayvagediği hoard 130
9 9     Ayvagediği hoard 131
10 10     Ayvagediği hoard 132
11 11     CNG MBS 70, 21 Sept. 2005, lot 585
12 12     D. H. Cox, ‘The Coins’ in H. Goldman (ed.), Excavations at Gözlü Kule, Tarsus (Princeton, 1950–3), no. 259
13 13     SNG Levante 1156
14 14     Lindgren III, 926
15 15     MünzZentrum 112, 4 Sept. 2002, lot 748 = Ziegler 808 = Numismatica 21, 20 Nov. 1978, lot 991
16 16     Peus 378, 28 Apr. 2004, lot 1125
17 17     Peus 403, 27 Apr. 2011, lot 775 = Gorny & Mosch 122, 10 Mar. 2003, lot 1839
18 18     Roma Numismatics IV, 30 Sept. 2012, lot 2516 = ArtCoins Roma 4, 5 Dec. 2011, lot 394
19 19     Tahberer 1651
20 20     Tahberer 1664
21 21     SNG vA 6065
22 22     CGT coll. = Savoca 89 Blue, 7 Nov. 2020, lot 1136
23 23     CGT coll. = G. Rohde coll.
24 24     Roma Numismatics, 21 May 2013, lot 1019