CILICIA. Selinus-Traianopolis. Trajan Decius, 249-251. Tetrassarion (Bronze, 27 mm, 9.53 g, 12 h). ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΜЄϹ ΚΥ ΤΡΑ ΔЄΚΙΟϹ ϹЄΒ Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Trajan Decius to right, seen from behind. Rev. ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ϹЄΛΙΝΟ ΤΗϹ ΙЄΡΑ Tetrastyle temple enclosing statue of Trajan, shown as Zeus, seated left, holding thunderbolt in his right hand and scepter in his left; on architrave, ΘЄ/OY TPAI. RPC IX 1305 (four examples, all from the same dies). Very rare. Good very fine.

The reverse of this interesting issue shows the temple of Divus Trajanus, who had died in Selinus in 117