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
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 Hygieia standing right, feeding serpent from patera, facing Asclepius standing left, holding serpent staff
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
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