RPC IX, 1353

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1353
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 Heracles standing right, head left, holding club and lion skin
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 20.65 g
Axis 6
Reference Ziegler 805
Specimens 4 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–4: same pair of dies. 1–4: same obv. die as 1343/1–2, 1344/1–6, 1346/1–11, 1350/1–17, 1352/1–15, 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     Gorny & Mosch 122, 10 Mar. 2003, lot 1838
2 2     ✸ CGT coll. = MünzZentrum 100, 8 Sept. 1999, lot 251
3 3     Tahberer 1648
4 4     Ziegler 805 = Sternberg 12, 18 Nov. 1982, from lot 878