Trajan Decius. ; Trajan Decius; 249-251 AD, Tarsus, Cilicia, AE 32-33, 19.15g. RPC-1342 (7 spec.). Obv: ?V ?[E G ?]E? ?OV ?E???? ???????? EV EVCEB around, ? - ? across field, Bust radiate, draped, cuirassed r. Rx: ?????V ?? - ??[???]?EO? around, ? / M / ? in l. field, G / B in r. field, Apollo standing r., head l., holding laurel branch and bow. Ex Palladium 10, 22 October 1995, lot L-925. Rare: the seven specimens recorded by RPC plus our coin and another in the Behnen Collection all come from the same pair of dies. Ex Bill Behnen Collection Ex Knobloch List 107, May 1967, no. 107. The many recorded specimens of this coin apparently come from only two obverse dies and one reverse die.Fields dark brown, devices light brown. F
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