RPC IX, 1364

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1364
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Tarsus
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΕ Γ ΜΕϹ Δ ΚΟΥ ΔΕΚΙ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕ, Π Π (sic)
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτορ) Κέ(σαρ) Γ(άϊος) Μέσ(σιος) {Δ} Κού(ϊντος) Δέκι(ος) Τραϊανὸς Σε(βαστὸς) Π(ατήρ)Π(ατρίδος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Gaius Messius D(ecius) Quintus Decius Traianus Augustus Father of the Fatherland
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΤΑΡϹΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ, Α Μ Κ Γ Β
Edition Ταρσοῦ Μητροπόλεως α 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 Dionysus standing left, holding sceptre and thyrsus over panther
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 16.87 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Cop 402
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies. 1–2: same obv. die as 1366/1–5. 1–2: same rev. die as 1365/1–2.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Cop SNG 402
2 2     MünzZentrum 162, 9 May 2012, lot 168
3 3     ✸ CGT coll.