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
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Γ(άϊος) Μέσ(σιος) Κύϊν(τος) Δέκιος 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 Γ Β, Α Μ Κ
Edition Ταρσοῦ Μητροπόλεως γʹ βʹ αʹ μ(εγίστης) κ(αλλίστης)
Translation of Tarsus, metropolis, (of the) three (eparchies), twice (neocorate), the first, the greatest, the most beautiful
Reverse design lion attacking bull, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 21.08 g
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