CILICIA, Tarsus. Trajan Decius. 249-251 AD. Æ 34mm (18.65 gm). AV KE G MEC 
      ­KOV (sic) ­EKI TPAIAN[OC] EV EVCEB, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust 
      right; P P across field / TAPCOV MHTP[OPOLEW]C, humped bull kneeling 
      before garlanded altar; behind, upper part of male figure (Trajan Decius?) 
      facing, holding a shield and lance; on the right, Perseus standing left, 
      holding Gorgoneion, harpe and phile over altar; on left, Demeter standing 
      right, pointing two torches towards a high column surmounted by a 
      cultus-statuette of Apollo Lykeios holding two wolves. SNG Levante 1165; 
      SNG Lev 1166; SNG von Aulock -. Fine, brown patina, corroded. ($300) 
      From the David Simpson Collection. Ex Spink's Numismatic Circular 
      (February 1979), no. 1197.

Reference corrected. The coin was originally attributed
as SNG France 1766 which has Athena on the reverse.

Triton V Sale, 16 Jan 2002, lot 1758.
 
 Lot sold for $240, plus buyers fees.

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