RPC IX, 1381

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1381
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Tarsus
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΕ Γ ΜΕϹ ΚΟΥ ΔΕΚΙ ΤΡΑΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ, Π Π
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κέ(σαρ) Γ(άϊος) Μέσ(σιος) Κου(ΐντος) Δέκι(ος) Τραϊ<α>νὸς Σεβ(αστὸς) Π(ατήρ) Π(ατρίδος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Gaius Messius Quintus Decius Traianus Augustus 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 demiourgos crown over altar; at right, crown of the Cilicarch decorated with six imperial busts and three Nikai
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 8.51 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference SNG France 1769
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–6: same pair of dies.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1487 SNG 1769
2 2     NY: 1970.142.750
3 3     V-ON Leypold 2696 = Gorny & Mosch 115, 5 Mar. 2002, lot 1400
4 4     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 1436
5 5     Ziegler 811
6 6     ✸ NSB Web Auction 3, 31 Jan. 2021, lot 331