RPC IX, 1355

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1355
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Tarsus
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΕ Γ ΜΕϹ ΚΟΥ ΔΕΚΙΟϹ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΕΥ ΕΥ ϹΕΒ, Π Π
Nominative Imperator Caesar Gaius Messius Quintus Decius Traianus Pius Felix Aug pater patriae
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΤΑΡϹΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ Γ Β, Α Μ Κ
Reverse design Heracles standing right, resting arm on club, holding infant Telephus who fondles deer; behind him, tree
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Axis 5, 6
Reference SNG Pfälzer 1439
Specimens 6 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–6: same pair of dies. 1–6: same obv. die as 1342/1–8, 1345/1–5, 1348/1–6, 1349/1–13, 1351/1–2, 1359/1–6, 1363/1–3, 1365/1–2, 1367/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1925,1001.47 Tarsus hoard 165
2 2     Ayvagediği hoard 139
3 3     Ayvagediği hoard 140
4 4     CNG EA 237, 21 July 2010, lot 152
5 5     Hirsch 208, 17 Feb. 2000, lot 2265 = Hirsch 212, 22 Nov. 2000, lot 606
6 6     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 1439