RPC IX, 1352

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1352
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 the three Graces, the one at left holding flower, the one at right holding drapery over vase
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Axis 5, 6, 11, 12
Reference SNG France 1762
Specimens 15 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–15: same pair of dies. 1–15: same obv. die as 1343/1–2, 1344/1–6, 1346/1–11, 1350/1–17, 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     P: 1481 SNG 1762
2 2     G SNG 2350
3 3     NY: 1944.100.55058
4 4     O
5 5     CNG EA 230, 24 Mar. 2010, lot 221
6 6     CNG EA 236, 7 July 2010, lot 363
7 7     CNG EA 266, 19 Oct. 2011, lot 269
8 8     CNG EA 266, 19 Oct. 2011, lot 270
9 9     CNG EA 269, 30 Nov. 2011, lot 272
10 10     Gorny & Mosch 126, 14 Oct. 2003, lot 2059
11 11     SNG Levante 1164
12 12     MünzZentrum 66, 26 Apr. 1989, lot 549 = Hirsch 163, 27 Sept. 1989, lot 1215
13 13     ✸ Peus 360, 27 Apr. 1999, lot 652
14 14     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 1443
15 15     Tahberer 1665