Reign: Nero Persons:

City: Cnossus Region: Crete Province: Cyrenaica and Crete

Denomination: Æ (13 mm); 2.28 g (9)

Obverse: C C; plough

Reverse: D D; labyrinth

Museum: Adana: Adana Archaeology Museum (Turkey) Inventory: 4623

Diameter:  13 Weight: 2.66  

Reign: Uncertain Persons: Pompey

City: Pompeiopolis Region: Cilicia (Cilicia Trachea) Province: Syria

Denomination: Æ (23 mm); 7.42 g (7)

Obverse: Ζ; head of Pompey, right; behind, letter

Reverse: ΠΟΜΠΗΙΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ, ΑΘ ΤΡΥ; Nike advancing right, with palm and wreath; to right, letters and monogram

Museum: Adana: Adana Archaeology Museum (Turkey) Inventory: 

Bibliography: Cox 144 = Boyce 11d 

Reign: Uncertain Persons: Pompey

City: Pompeiopolis Region: Cilicia (Cilicia Trachea) Province: Syria

Denomination: Æ (23 mm); 6.25 g (8)

Obverse: head of Pompey, right

Reverse: ΠΟΜΠΗΙΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ, ΦΙ Α(Λ); Nike advancing right, with palm and wreath; to right, letters

Museum: Adana: Adana Archaeology Museum (Turkey) Inventory: 

Bibliography: Cox 143 (not illustrated) 

Reign: Tiberius Persons: Tiberius (Augustus)

City: Aegeae Region: Cilicia (Cilicia Pedias) Province: Syria

Denomination: Æ (24 mm); 9.07 g (6)

Obverse: ΤΙΒΕΡΙΟΥ ΚΑΙΣΑΡΟΣ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟ[Υ]; laureate head of Tiberius, left

Reverse: ΑΙΓΕΑΙΩΝ ΕΥΑΝ; inscription in three lines in wreath

Museum: Adana: Adana Archaeology Museum (Turkey) Inventory: 

Bibliography: (Cox, no. 76, illustrated) 

Diameter:  24 Axis: 12 

Reign: Domitian Persons: Domitian (Augustus)

City: Midaeum Region: Phrygia Province: Asia (conventus of Synnada)

Denomination: Æ (22 mm); 6.30 g (4)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑΝΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ Σ(Ε) Γ; radiate head of Domitian, right

Reverse: ΜΙΔΑΕΩΝ, ΔΙΟΣ (on altar); altar, inscribed

Museum: Adana: Adana Archaeology Museum (Turkey) Inventory: 

Bibliography: NNM 92, pl. II 

Diameter:  22

Reign: Hadrian Persons: Hadrian (Augustus)

City: Tyana Region: Cappadocia Province: Galatia-Cappadocia

Denomination: Æ (21 mm); 5.98 g (11)

Obverse: ΑΥΤΟ ΚΑΙϹ ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟϹ; laureate head of Hadrian, right

Reverse: ΤΥΑΝΕΩΝ ΤΩΝ ΠΡ Τ(Α) ΙΕΡ ΑϹΥ ΑΥ(ΤΟ); Athena standing left, holding Nike in her right hand, left resting on shield and spear; in field, left and right, ΕΤ Κ

Museum: Adana: Adana Archaeology Museum (Turkey) Inventory: 

Bibliography: Cox, NNM 92, 59/234 and Pl. XI 

Reign: Hadrian Persons: Hadrian (Augustus)

City: Tyana Region: Cappadocia Province: Galatia-Cappadocia

Denomination: Æ (16 mm); 4.30 g (8)

Obverse: ΑΥΤΟ ΚΑΙ ΤΡ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒΑϹ(ΤΟϹ ?); laureate head of Hadrian, right

Reverse: ΤΥΑΝΕΩΝ ΤΩ(Ν) Π(Ρ) ΤΑ(Υ) ΙΕΡ ΑϹΥ ΑΥΤ; club; in field, left and right, ΕΤ Κ

Museum: Adana: Adana Archaeology Museum (Turkey) Inventory: 

Bibliography: Cox, NNM 92, 58–9/233 and Pl. XI 

Reign: Commodus Persons: Commodus (Augustus)

City: Hadrianopolis Region: Phrygia Province: Asia (conventus of Philomelium)

Denomination: R5; 5.04 g (3)

Obverse: Μ ΑΥΡ ΚΑΙ ΑΝΤ ΚΟΜΜοΔοϹ; laureate head of Commodus (short beard?) with traces of drapery, right

Reverse: ΑΔΡΙΑΝοΠοΛΕΙΤΩΝ; Apollo-Tyrimnaios on horseback, left, carrying double axe over shoulder

Museum: Adana: Adana Archaeology Museum (Turkey) Inventory: 

Bibliography: Private coll. CGT = Numismatik Naumann 77 (05/05/2019), 493 

Diameter:  20 Weight: 5.45   Axis: 6 

Reign: Marcus Aurelius Persons: Marcus Aurelius (Augustus) ; Lucius Verus (Augustus)

City: Elaeusa-Sebaste Region: Cilicia (Cilicia Trachea) Province: Cilicia

Denomination: Æ; 8.96 g (6)

Obverse: ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΟΡΩΝ ϹΕΒΑϹΤωΝ; bare heads of Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus, facing each other

Reverse: ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗϹ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟ ΠΑΡ; Nike advancing, left, holding wreath and palm-branch

Museum: Adana: Adana Archaeology Museum (Turkey) Inventory: Cox 246$, under 'Nicopolis in Judaea', bought at Tarsus

Reign: Antoninus Pius Persons:

City: Diocaesarea Region: Cilicia (Cilicia Trachea) Province: Cilicia

Denomination: Æ; 0.00 g (0)

Obverse: ΔΙΟΚΑΙϹΑΡΕωΝ; turreted, veiled and draped bust of Tyche (head assimilated to portrait of Faustina II), right

Reverse: eagle standing on palm-branch, right, head, left, spreading wings

Museum: Adana: Adana Archaeology Museum (Turkey) Inventory: Cox 87

Bibliography: Staffieri, Diocaesarea 5, pl. I.5 

Diameter:  22

Reign: Commodus Persons: Commodus (Augustus)

City: Olba Region: Cilicia (Cilicia Trachea) Province: Cilicia

Denomination: Æ; 11.09 g (3)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡ ΚΟΜ ΑΝΤ ΕΥ ϹΕΒ; laureate-headed bust of Commodus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right

Reverse: ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤω ΟΛΒΕωΝ ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΕΝΝ (Νs might be reversed); draped bust of Sarapis wearing kalathos, right

Museum: Adana: Adana Archaeology Museum (Turkey) Inventory: Cox 100, pl. V

Bibliography: Staffieri, Olba 57, pl. VI.50 

Diameter:  25

Reign: Antoninus Pius Persons: Antoninus Pius (Augustus)

City: Anazarbus Region: Cilicia (Cilicia Pedias) Province: Cilicia

Denomination: Æ; 9.98 g (3)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ Κ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥ Π Π; radiate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right

Reverse: ΚΑΙϹΑΡΕΩΝ ΤΩΝ ΠΡΟϹ ΤΩ ΑΝΑΖΑΡΒ ΕΤ ΗΟΡ; turreted, veiled and draped bust of Tyche, right

Museum: Adana: Adana Archaeology Museum (Turkey) Inventory: 

Bibliography: Ziegler, Anazarbos 129.2, pl. 5 rev., ex coll. Righetti, now not in Historisches Museum Bern, with head only 

Diameter:  24 Weight: 8.84  

Reign: Commodus Persons: Commodus (Augustus)

City: Anazarbus Region: Cilicia (Cilicia Pedias) Province: Cilicia

Denomination: Æ; 7.83 g (13)

Obverse: ΜΑΡ ΑΥΡΗ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ ϹΕΒ; laureate-headed bust of Commodus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right

Reverse: ΚΑΙϹ ΤωΝ ΠΡΟϹ ΑΝΑΖΑΡΒ(ω) ΕΤ(ΟΥϹ) ΒϹ; diademed and draped bust of Zeus, right

Museum: Adana: Adana Archaeology Museum (Turkey) Inventory: Cox 77, pl. III

Bibliography: Ziegler, Anazarbos 255.1, pl. 9 (rev.) 

Diameter:  27

Reign: Maximinus Persons: Maximinus (Augustus)

City: Tarsus Region: Cilicia (Cilicia Pedias) Province: Cilicia

Denomination: Æ (37 mm); 25.54 g (10)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ Κ Γ ΙΟΥ ΟΥΗ ΜΑΞΙΜΕΙΝΟϹ Π Π; radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Maximinus, right, seen from rear

Reverse: ΤΑΡϹΟΥ ΤΗϹ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕωϹ Α Μ Κ Γ Β; turreted, veiled and draped bust of Tyche, right

Museum: Adana: Adana Archaeology Museum (Turkey) Inventory: 

Bibliography: Cox 199 

Reign: Severus Alexander Persons: Severus Alexander (Augustus)

City: Caesarea Region: Cappadocia Province: Cappadocia

Denomination: Æ (27 mm); 11.28 g (13)

Obverse: ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ(Η) ϹΕΟΥ(Η) ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡ(ΟϹ); laureate head of Severus Alexander, right

Reverse: ΜΗΤΡΟΠ(Ο) ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙ, ΕΤ Α; agalma of Mount Argaeus placed on inscribed altar; above, star

Museum: Adana: Adana Archaeology Museum (Turkey) Inventory: 

Bibliography: D.H. Cox, A Tarsus Coin Collection in the Adana Museum (New York, 1941), p. 57, no. 229 (not illustrated) 

Reign: Gordian III Persons: Gordian III (Augustus)

City: Caesarea Region: Cappadocia Province: Cappadocia

Denomination: Æ (25 mm); 10.34 g (14)

Obverse: ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear

Reverse: ΜΗΤΡΟ(Π)(Ο)(ΛΕ) ΚΑΙϹΑ(ΡΙ)(ΑϹ) ΕΝΤΙ(Χ)(Ι)(ΟΝ) Β Ν(Ε) ΕΤ Δ; inscription in five lines within wreath; view of Mount Argaeus in centre of first line of inscription

Museum: Adana: Adana Archaeology Museum (Turkey) Inventory: 

Bibliography: Cox, p. 58, 231 = Bland 1996, 154.3 

Reign: Trajan Decius Persons: Trajan Decius (Augustus)

City: Antioch Region: Pisidia Province: Galatia-Pontus

Denomination: Æ (23 mm); 8.65 g (6)

Obverse: IMP CAES C MESS Q DECIO TR AVG; laureate and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from front

Reverse: ANTIOCHI CO ANTHIOC; river god (Anthios) reclining left, holding reed and cornucopia, resting on water urn

Museum: Adana: Adana Archaeology Museum (Turkey) Inventory: 

Bibliography: Cox 62, pl. II 

Diameter:  25

Reign: Trajan Decius Persons: Trajan Decius (Augustus)

City: Tarsus Region: Cilicia (Cilicia Pedias) Province: Cilicia

Denomination: Æ (29 mm); 14.34 g (4)

Obverse: ΑΥ ΚΕ Γ ΜΕϹ Δ ΚΟΥ ΔΕΚΙ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕ, Π Π (sic); laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from rear

Reverse: ΤΑΡϹΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ, Α Μ Κ Γ Β; Nike standing on globe, left, holding wreath and palm

Museum: Adana: Adana Archaeology Museum (Turkey) Inventory: 

Bibliography: Cox 213 

Reign: Trajan Decius Persons: Trajan Decius (Augustus)

City: Tarsus Region: Cilicia (Cilicia Pedias) Province: Cilicia

Denomination: Æ (21 mm); 5.57 g (2)

Obverse: ΑΥ ΚΕ Γ ΜΕϹ ΚΥ ΔΕΚΙ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ; radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from rear

Reverse: ΤΑΡϹΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ, Α Μ Κ; wreath

Museum: Adana: Adana Archaeology Museum (Turkey) Inventory: 

Bibliography: Cox 212, pl. X, rev. 

Diameter:  22

Reign: Valerian and Gallienus Persons: Valerian (Augustus)

City: Tarsus Region: Cilicia (Cilicia Pedias) Province: Cilicia

Denomination: Æ (31 mm); 17.31 g (15)

Obverse: ΑΥ ΚΑΙ ΠΟΥ ΛΙ ΟΥΑΛΕΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕ / Π - Π; radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Valerian, right, seen from rear

Reverse: ΤΑΡϹΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ / Α Μ Κ, Γ / Γ; Zeus seated left, on throne holding Nike on extended right and sceptre in left

Museum: Adana: Adana Archaeology Museum (Turkey) Inventory: 

Bibliography: Cox 1941: 217 [Valerian II]