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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 4286010, member: 75937&quot;]This is among the largest coins in my collection and it has two animals. It&#039;s not going to win, but I like it nonetheless. It has a <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/by-law-of-the-council-of-the-number-one-greatest-most-beautiful-city-of-tarsus.350260/#post-3878348" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/by-law-of-the-council-of-the-number-one-greatest-most-beautiful-city-of-tarsus.350260/#post-3878348">fascinating reverse inscription</a>, though! </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/trajan-decius-tarsus-artemis-stag-and-hound-jpg.1024541/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Trajan Decius. AD 249-251.</p><p>Roman provincial Æ 32.5 mm, 18.74 g, 6 h.</p><p>Cilicia, Tarsus, AD 249-251.</p><p>Obv: ΑV ΚΑΙ Γ ΜЄϹ ΚVΙΝ ΔЄΚΙΟϹ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ, Π Π, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right.</p><p>Rev: ΤΑΡϹΟV ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛЄΩϹ Γ Β, Α Μ Κ. Artemis standing right, drawing arrow from quiver and holding bow and arrow; at feet on either side, deer standing left and dog running right with raised paws, head left.</p><p>Refs: RPC <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/9/1347" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/9/1347" rel="nofollow">1346</a>; SNG Levante 1156 ; SNG France 1754; SNG von Aulock 6065; SNG Cop 33; Ziegler 808.16.33; Lindgren III, 926.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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