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
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 Heracles standing right, head left, holding club and lion skin
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
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