RPC IX, 1346

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1346
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, Α Μ Κ Γ Β
Edition Ταρσοῦ Μητροπόλεως αʹ μ(εγίστης) κ(αλλίστης) γʹ βʹ
Translation of Tarsus, metropolis, the first, the greatest, the most beautiful, (of the) three (eparchies), twice (neocorate)
Reverse design Artemis standing left, head right, drawing arrow from quiver at shoulder and holding bow and arrow; at feet, left, stag running, left, head right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 19.98 g
Axis 5, 6, 11, 12
Reference SNG France 1763
Specimens 13 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–11: same pair of dies. 1–11: same obv. die as 1343/1–2, 1344/1–6, 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.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1874,0704.16 BMC 303
2 2     P: 1480 SNG 1763
3 3     Anamur: 6.50.2004 SNG 362
4 4     Emporium Hamburg 67, 10 May 2012, lot 626
5 5     M&M GmbH 29, 31 Oct. 2008, lot 2681
6 6     M&M GmbH 30, 28 May 2009, lot 1177
7 7     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 1441
8 8     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 1442
9 9     Tahberer 1660
10 10     Tahberer 1661
11 11     Ziegler 809
12 12     CGT coll. = CNG 307, 24 July 2013, lot 184
13 13     B: 18274181, Löbb.