RPC IX, 1350

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1350
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
Nominative Imperator Caesar Gaius Messius Quintus Decius Traianus 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 fisherman standing right, holding line with fish and basket, facing Perseus standing left, holding Medusa-head, harpa and chlamys
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Axis 5, 6, 12
Reference SNG France 1759–60
Specimens 17 (6 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–17: same pair of dies. 1–17: same obv. die as 1343/1–2, 1344/1–6, 1346/1–11, 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. 1–17: same rev. die as 1351/1–2.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1483 SNG 1759
2 2     P: 1484 SNG 1760
3 3     ✸ B: 18311348, 1900 Imhoof-Blumer
4 4     C
5 5     NY: 1944.100.55057
6 6     V: GR 33703
7 7     Yale: 2004.6.3473
8 8     Ayvagediği hoard 145
9 9     Ayvagediği hoard 146
10 10     CNG EA 237, 21 July 2010, lot 153
11 11     Falghera 2418
12 12     Hirsch 261, 7 May 2009, lot 807 = Hirsch 258, 25 Sept. 2008, lot 2665
13 13     M&M GmbH 34, 26 May 2011, lot 266
14 14     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 1444
15 15     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 1445
16 16     Tahberer 1649
17 17     CGT coll. = Naville 44, 5 Nov. 2019, lot 188