RPC IX, 1357

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1357
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 Hygieia standing right, feeding serpent from patera, facing Asclepius standing left, holding serpent staff
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 21.84 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference SNG France 1761
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–5: same pair of dies. 1–5: 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, 1356/1, 3, 6, 9, 15–16, 18, 23, 1358/1–7, 1361/1–8.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1416 SNG 1761
2 2     Ayvagediği hoard 134
3 3     CNG EA 192, 23 July 2008, lot 129
4 4     Gorny & Mosch 138, 7 Mar. 2005, lot 1758
5 5     ✸ SNG Levante 1159 = CNG EA 90, 26 May 2004, lot 303