RPC IX, 1362

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1362
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 laureate, 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 turreted, veiled and draped bust of Tyche, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 17.85 g
Axis 6
Reference Levante Supp. 290
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 1347/1–21, 1356/2, 4–5, 7–8, 10–14, 17, 20–2, 24–30, 1360/1–18, 1414/4. 1: same rev. die as 1409/1–3.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ SNG Levante Supp. 290 = CNG EA 342, 14 Jan. 2015, lot 460