RPC IX, 1381

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1381
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Tarsus
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΕ Γ ΜΕϹ ΚΟΥ ΔΕΚΙ ΤΡΑΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ, Π Π
Nominative Imperator Caesar Gaius Messius Quintus Decius Traianus Aug 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 demiourgos crown over altar; at right, crown of the Cilicarch decorated with six imperial busts and three Nikai
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Axis 6, 12
Reference SNG France 1769
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–6: same pair of dies.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1487 SNG 1769
2 2     NY: 1970.142.750
3 3     V-ON Leypold 2696 = Gorny & Mosch 115, 5 Mar. 2002, lot 1400
4 4     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 1436
5 5     Ziegler 811
6 6     ✸ NSB Web Auction 3, 31 Jan. 2021, lot 331