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Coin of Tarsus with bust of Trajan II Decius
Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 249–251
Mint: Cilicia, Tarsus
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 34.5 mm. Weight: 18.97 gm. Die Axis: 6
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number63.3009
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Radiate, draped, cuirassed bust of Trajan Decius to right.
Inscriptions in Greek in field and around.
Reverse: Artemis huntress, head to right, bow and arrow in left hand, right reaching back to quiver. At left stag and at right hound.
Inscriptions in Greek in field and around.
Inscriptions in Greek in field and around.
Reverse: Artemis huntress, head to right, bow and arrow in left hand, right reaching back to quiver. At left stag and at right hound.
Inscriptions in Greek in field and around.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Arthur M. Woodward Collection; by 1962: with Glendining & Co., Ltd., 7 Blenheim Street, New Bond Street, London, W.1 (sale of the A. M. Woodward Collection, September 27, 1962); purchased at the Woodward sale by Robert E. Hecht, Jr.; purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr., February 13, 1963