RPC IX, 1358

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1358
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 lion attacking bull, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Axis 5, 6
Reference SNG France 1764
Specimens 8 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–7: same pair of dies. 1–7: same obv. die as 1343/1–2, 1344/1–6, 1346/1–11, 1350/1–17, 1352/1–15, 1353/1–4, 1354/1–6, 1356/1, 3, 6, 9, 15–16, 18, 23, 1357/1–5, 1361/1–8. 1–7: same rev. die as 1359/1–6.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1485 SNG 1764
2 2     C
3 3     O
4 4     SNG Levante 1161 = CNG EA 342, 14 Jan. 2015, lot 459
5 5     MünzZentrum 129, 7 Sept. 2005, lot 238
6 6     Ziegler 803
7 7     CGT coll. = Roma Numismatics May 2013, lot 1020
8 8     Freiburg: 12124