RPC IX, 1344

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1344
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, Α Μ Κ Γ Β
Reverse design nude Apollo standing facing, head left, holding branch and lyre which rests on basis
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Axis 6, 12
Reference Levante 1162
Specimens 6 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–6: same pair of dies. 1–6: same obv. die as 1343/1–2, 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, 1358/1–7, 1361/1–8.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1955.176.6
2 2     O
3 3     ✸ V: GR 19277
4 4     SNG Levante 1162
5 5     Tahberer 1662
6 6     CGT coll.