Trajan Decius. ; Trajan Decius; 249-251 AD, Tarsus, Cilicia, AE 34-34.5, 11.94g. RPC-1354 (6 spec.), pl. 91 (same dies). Obv: ?V ??? G ?E? ?V?? ?E???? ???????? around, ? - ? across field, Bust radiate, draped, cuirassed r. Rx: ?????V ????????EO? G B around, ? ? ? in exergue, Heracles standing r., leaning on club set on ox head and holding infant Telesphorus, who reaches out towards deer standing on ground before Heracles; in upper background, tree. Underweight specimen. Ex Berk 106, 20 January 1999, lot 787. Rare: from the same dies as the six specimens listed by RPC-1354. The same obverse die was also used with a number of other reverse types: see the preceding two lots and the next lot in this offering, and the full list in RPC.
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