RPC IX, 1389

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1389
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Tarsus
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΕ Γ ΜΕϹ ΚΥ ΔΕΚΙ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κέ(σαρ) Γ(άϊος) Μέσ(σιος) Κύ(ϊντος) Δεκί(ος) Τραϊανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Gaius Messius Quintus Decius Traianus
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 Zeus seated left, holding patera and sceptre; at feet, left, eagle
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 6.23 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Ziegler 813
Specimens 6 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–6: same obv. die as 1388/1–3.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     MünzZentrum 112, 4 Sept. 2002, lot 750
2 2     Tahberer 1657
3 3     Tahberer 1658
4 4     Ziegler 813
5 5     CGT coll. = Zeus Budget 11, 1 Aug. 2020, lot 391
6 6     ✸ CGT coll.