RPC IX, 1354

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1354
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
Nominative Imperator Caesar Gaius Messius Quintus Decius Traianus pater patriae
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΤΑΡϹΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ Γ Β, Α Μ Κ
Reverse design Heracles standing right, resting arm on club, holding infant Telephus who fondles deer; behind him, tree
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Axis 5, 6, 11
Reference Levante 1160
Specimens 7 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–6: same pair of dies. 1–6: same obv. die as 1343/1–2, 1344/1–6, 1346/1–11, 1350/1–17, 1352/1–15, 1353/1–4, 1356/1, 3, 6, 9, 15–16, 18, 23, 1357/1–5, 1358/1–7, 1361/1–8.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18311335, 1916/919
2 2     C: Lewis 1753
3 3     ✸ Yale: ILE2013.17.402
4 4     Ayvagediği hoard 141
5 5     CNG MBS 70, 21 Sept. 2005, lot 586 = SNG Levante 1160
6 6     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 1440
7 7     Brisbane: 2851