RPC IX, 1354

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1354
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 Heracles standing right, resting arm on club, holding infant Telephus who fondles deer; behind him, tree
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 20.58 g
Axis 5, 6, 11
Reference Levante 1160
Specimens 7 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–6: same pair of dies. 1–6: same obv. die as 1343/1–2, 1344/1–6, 1346/1–11, 1350/1–17, 1352/1–15, 1353/1–4, 1356/1, 3, 6, 9, 15–16, 18, 23, 1357/1–5, 1358/1–7, 1361/1–8.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18311335, 1916/919
2 2     C: Lewis 1753
3 3     ✸ Yale: ILE2013.17.402
4 4     Ayvagediği hoard 141
5 5     CNG MBS 70, 21 Sept. 2005, lot 586 = SNG Levante 1160
6 6     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 1440
7 7     Brisbane: 2851