RPC IX, 1349

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1349
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 humped bull lying before garlanded altar; behind, upper part of male figure, holding spear and shield; at right, Perseus, holding Gorgoneion and harpa, and patera over altar; at left, Demeter, holding in each hand lighted torches; high column with cult-statue of Apollo Lykeios with wolves
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Axis 5, 6, 11
Reference SNG France 1767
Specimens 15 (5 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–13: same pair of dies. 1–13: same obv. die as 1342/1–8, 1345/1–5, 1348/1–6, 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.1109 BMC 304, pl. XXXVII.10, rev.
2 2     P: 1088, Chandon SNG 1767
3 3     B: 18311349, 1900 Imhoof-Blumer
4 4     NY: 1944.100.55059
5 5     V: GR 37647
6 6     CNG 22, 2 Sept. 1992, lot 657
7 7     CNG Triton V, 15 Jan. 2002, lot 1758 = Spink’s Numismatic Circular, Feb. 1979, lot 1197
8 8     SNG Levante 1165
9 9     Lindgren III, 924
10 10     MünzZentrum 101, 15 Dec. 1999, lot 259
11 11     MünzZentrum 112, 4 Sept. 2002, lot 749
12 12     Tahberer 1644
13 13     Ziegler 810
14 14     C. Rhodes coll.
15 15     Roma Numismatics EA 95, 13 April 2022, lot 730