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Coin ID #15348

Tarsos (AD 249-251) AE 33 - Trajan Decius

Trajan Decius, 249-251 AD. AE33 - Hexassarion (18.31g, 12h). ΑΥ ΚЄ Γ ΜЄϹ ΚΟΥ ΔЄΚΙΟϹ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ЄΥ ЄΥ ϹЄΒ / Π – Π, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΤΑΡϹΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛЄΩϹ - Α / Μ Κ / Γ - Β, Zebu bull lying before altar; behind, upper part of a male figure standing, head left, and holding spear and shield; to right, Perseus, holding Gorgoneion and harpa with his left hand and patera over altar with his right; to left, Demeter standing right, holding two small torches over altar; high column with cult-statue of Apollo. gVF

File information
Filename:3932459l.jpg
City/Mint name:Tarsos
Keywords:roman / bronze
References:BMC 304 and pl. XXXVII, 10 (same dies); RPC IX 1349; SNG Levante 1165 (same dies); SNG Paris 1767 (same dies)
Valuation:Leu Auc. 2 (5/2018), lot 206 (CHF 2,200 + comm)
Photo courtesy of:Leu Numismatik - www.leunumismatik.com
Filesize:262 KiB
Date added:Jan 19, 2019
Dimensions:1500 x 764 pixels
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