RPC IX, 1361

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1361
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 Sandan standing right, quiver over shoulder, holding crown, and horned lion walking, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Axis 11, 12
Reference Levante 1163
Specimens 8 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–8: same pair of dies. 1–8: 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, 1358/1–7.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Lanz 56, 13 May 1991, lot 696 = Hirsch 168, 22 Nov. 1980, lot 838 = Giessener 38, 30 Nov. 1987, lot 222
2 2     SNG Levante 1163
3 3     V-ON Leypold 2698
4 4     MünzZentrum 100, 8 Sept. 1999, lot 250
5 5     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 1446
6 6     Tahberer 1652
7 7     Ziegler 804 = Sternberg 12, 18 Nov. 1982, from lot 878
8 8     CGT coll.