CILICIA. Tarsus. Trajan Decius, 249-251. Hexassarion (Bronze, 33 mm, 18.31 g, 12 h). ΑΥ ΚЄ Γ ΜЄϹ ΚΟΥ ΔЄΚΙΟϹ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ЄΥ ЄΥ ϹЄΒ / Π - Π Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Trajan Decius to right, seen from behind. Rev. ΤΑΡϹΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛЄΩϹ - Α / Μ Κ / Γ - Β Zebu bull lying before garlanded altar; behind, upper part of a male figure standing facing, head to left and holding spear and shield; to right, Perseus, holding Gorgoneion and harpa with his left hand and patera over altar with his right; to left, Demeter standing right, holding two small torches over altar; in background, high column with cult-statue of Apollo Lykeios holding two wolves atop. BMC 304 and pl. XXXVII, 10 (same dies). RPC IX 1349. SNG Levante 1165 (same dies). SNG Paris 1767 (same dies). Rare. A well struck and very attractive example, perhaps the finest known. Good very fine.