RPC IX, 1356

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1356
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 left, head right, holding club and lion skin
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Axis 6, 7, 12
Reference SNG France 1756
Specimens 31 (8 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 3, 6, 9, 15–16, 23: same pair of dies. 2, 4–5, 7–8, 10–14, 17, 20–2, 24–6, 28–30: same pair of dies. 1, 3, 6, 9, 15–16, 18, 23: same obv. die as 1343/1–2, 1344/1–6, 1346/1–11, 1350/1–17, 1352/1–15, 1353/1–4, 1354/1–6, 1357/1–5, 1358/1–7, 1361/1–8. 2, 4–5, 7–8, 10–14, 17, 20–2, 24–30: same obv. die as 1347/1–21, 1360/1–18, 1362/1, 1414/4. 1–17, 19–26, 28–30: same rev. die.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1925,1001.46 Tarsus hoard 163
2 2     P: 1482 SNG 1756
3 3     B: 18311336, 1906 Löbbecke
4 4     C McClean 9130
5 5     Cop SNG 399
6 6     NY: 1944.100.55056
7 7     O
8 8     ArtCoins Roma 4, 5 Dec. 2011, lot 392
9 9     Ayvagediği hoard 136
10 10     Ayvagediği hoard 137
11 11     Ayvagediği hoard 138
12 12     CNG 22, 2 Sept. 1992, lot 656
13 13     CNG EA 192, 23 July 2008, lot 128
14 14     CNG EA 237, 21 July 2010, lot 151
15 15     CNG EA 238, 11 Aug. 2010, lot 247
16 16     Cox 215, pl. X, rev.
17 17     Falghera 2417
18 18     Gorny & Mosch 122, 10 Mar. 2003, lot 1838
19 19     Gorny 78, 13 June 1996, lot 372
20 20     Hirsch 217, 27–29 Sept. 2001, 2110
21 21     Hirsch 37, 10 Dec. 1963, lot 606
22 22     SNG Levante 1157 = CNG MBS 66, 19 May 2004, lot 1213
23 23     SNG Levante 1158 = CNG MBS 69, 8 June 2005, lot 1174
24 24     V-ON Leypold 2697
25 25     MünzZentrum 130, 11 Jan. 2006, lot 301
26 26     Schulten, 18 Oct. 1989, lot 894
27 27     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 1437
28 28     Tahberer 1645
29 29     Tahberer 1646
30 30     Tahberer 1647
31 31     B: 18274199, Löbb.