Trajan Decius. AE 33; Trajan Decius; 249-251 AD, Tarsus, Cilicia, AE 33, 16.98g. RPC-1356 (30 spec.), pl. 92, 1356/1 (same dies). Obv: ?V ?[?? G ?E?] ?V?? ?E???? [??]?????? around, ? - ? across field, Bust radiate, draped, cuirassed r. Rx: ?????V ??[??]????EO? around, ? - ? / ? - G / B in field, Heracles standing l., head r., on double groundline, resting r. hand on club and holding lionskin in l. 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. The same obverse die was also used with a number of other reverse types.
. VF