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Image of specimen #6 |
URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/3872 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
Volume | I |
Number | 3872 |
Province | Kingdom of Cilicia |
Region | Cilicia |
City | Kingdom of Cilicia |
Reign | Philopator |
Obverse inscription | |
Obverse design | veiled head of Tyche, right |
Reverse inscription | ΒΑϹΙΛΕΩϹ ΦΙΛΟΠΑΤΟΡΟϹ |
Edition | Βασιλέως Φιλοπάτορος |
Translation | of King Philopator |
Reverse design | Athena standing, left, with Nike and shield; to right, monogram |
Metal | copper-based alloy |
Average diameter | 21 mm |
Average weight | 7.99 g |
Axis | 12 |
Reference | BMC 1 |
Specimens | 13 (9 in the core collections) |
Note | See N.L. Wright, 'Anazarbos and the Tarkondimotid kings of Kilikia', AS 58 (2008), pp. 115-25, for the identity of Philopator. He suggests Philopator II and dates the coinage to AD 14-17. |