RPC IX, 1366

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1366
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Tarsus
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΕ Γ ΜΕϹ Δ ΚΟΥ ΔΕΚΙ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕ, Π Π (sic)
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτορ) Κέ(σαρ) Γ(άϊος) Μέσ(σιος) {Δ} Κού(ϊντος) Δέκι(ος) Τραϊανὸς Σε(βαστὸς) Π(ατήρ) Π(ατρίδος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Gaius Messius D(ecius) Quintus Decius Traianus Augustus Father of the Fatherland
Obverse design laureate, 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 Nike standing on globe, left, holding wreath and palm
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 14.34 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference SNG France 1768
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–5: same pair of dies. 1–5: same obv. die as 1364/1–2. 1–5: same rev. die as 1367/1, 1378/1–4.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1491 Wa 4683 = SNG 1768
2 2     Cop SNG 401
3 3     NY: 1944.100.55061
4 4     Adana Cox 213
5 5     SNG vA 6066