Trajan Decius.

Trajan Decius; 249-251 AD, Tarsus, Cilicia, AE 33.5-35, 20.15g. RPC-1346 (11 spec.), pl. 91 (same dies). Obv: ΑV ΚΑΙ Γ ΜEС ΚVΙΝ ΔEΚΙΟС ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟС around, Π - Π across field, Bust radiate, draped, cuirassed r. Rx: ΤΑΡСΟV ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛEΩС around, Α / Μ / Κ - Γ / Β in l. and r. field, Artemis running l., head r., drawing arrow from quiver at shoulder and holding bow; at feet l., stag running l., head r. Acquired from Twente Coins, 30 March 1996; bought by Twente from Frank Arnold, 28 April 1994. Rare: from the same dies as the eleven specimens listed by RPC-1346. The same obverse die was also used with a number of other reverse types, as noted in RPC.. Fine