RPC IX, 1361

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1361
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 Sandan standing right, quiver over shoulder, holding crown, and horned lion walking, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 21.67 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference Levante 1163
Specimens 8 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–8: same pair of dies. 1–8: 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, 1357/1–5, 1358/1–7.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Lanz 56, 13 May 1991, lot 696 = Hirsch 168, 22 Nov. 1980, lot 838 = Giessener 38, 30 Nov. 1987, lot 222
2 2     SNG Levante 1163
3 3     V-ON Leypold 2698
4 4     MünzZentrum 100, 8 Sept. 1999, lot 250
5 5     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 1446
6 6     Tahberer 1652
7 7     Ziegler 804 = Sternberg 12, 18 Nov. 1982, from lot 878
8 8     CGT coll.