RPC IX, 1382

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1382
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Tarsus
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΕ Γ ΜΕ(Ϲ) ΚΥ ΔΕΚΙ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ, Π Π
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κέ(σαρ) Γ(άϊος) Μέσ(σιος) Κύ(ϊντος) Δέκι(ος) 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 on horned lion(?) enclosed in a pyramidal monument covered by round canopy supported by two figures wearing Phrygian cap; on monument, eagle
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 9.86 g
Axis 6, 11, 12
Reference SNG France 1770–1
Specimens 26 (11 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 3–5, 7–9, 12–13, 15–18, 20–3: same obv. die. 2, 6, 10, 19: same obv. die.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1899,0402.81 BMC 305
2 2     P: 1488 Wa 4680, pl. XII.14, rev. = SNG 1770
3 3     P: 1489 Wa 4681 = SNG 1771
4 4     P: 1966/453, Delepierre SNG 1772
5 5     B: 18311357, 1853/11715
6 6     ✸ B: 18311360, 1900 Imhoof-Blumer
7 7     B: 18311361, 1906 Löbbecke
8 8     Cop SNG 397
9 9     NY: 1944.100.55060
10 10     O
11 11     V: GR 19279
12 12     CNG 31, 9–10 Sept. 1994, lot 1279
13 13     SNG Levante Supp. 292
14 14     V-ON Leypold 2699
15 15     Lindgren I, 1644
16 16     Schulten, 21 Oct. 1986, lot 829
17 17     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 1434
18 18     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 1435
19 19     Tahberer 1653
20 20     Tahberer 1654
21 21     Tahberer 1655
22 22     Tahberer 1656
23 23     Ziegler 812
24 24     CGT coll.
25 25     CGT coll. = G. Rohde coll.
26 26     Biga Numismatics EA 25, 9 Dec. 2023, lot 345