Details
LOT 3413
Trajan Decius AE 32mm of Tarsus, Cilicia. AD 249-251.
AY • KAI Γ MЄC • KYIN • ΔЄKI[OC TPAIA]NOC, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear; Π Π (ΠΑΤΗΡ ΠΑΤΡΙΔΟΣ) across fields / TAPCOV MHTPO[ΠOΛЄΩC], Herakles standing facing, head to right, holding club in right hand and lion's skin in his left; Α Μ [Κ] Γ Β (ΠΡΩΤΗΣ ΜΕΓΙΣΤΗΣ ΚΑΛΛΙΣΤΗΣ ΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΙ or ΓΝΩΜΗ ΒΟΥΛΗΣ) in fields. RPC IX 1356; SNG BnF 1756; SNG Levante 1157; SNG Copenhagen 399. Near Very Fine. Die break on reverse.(20.26gr, 32mm, 6h). [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired on the UK art market;
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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