RPC I, 4005

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 4005
Province Syria
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Tarsus
Reign Tiberius
Person (obv.) Tiberius (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Livia (Augusta)
Obverse inscription ΤΙΒΕΡΙΟΥ ΚΑΙΣΑΡΟΣ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΥ
Edition Τιβερίου Καίσαρος Σεβαστοῦ
Translation of Tiberius Caesar Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Tiberius, right
Reverse inscription ΣΕΒΑΣΤΗΣ ΙΟΥΛΙΑΣ ΗΡΑΣ ΜΗΤΡ, ΤΑΡ
Edition Σεβαστῆς Ἰουλίας Ἥρας μητρ(οπόλεως) Ταρ(σέων)
Translation of the Augusta Julia Hera, metropolis of the Tarsians
Reverse design Livia as Hera, on throne, right, holding ears of corn and poppies; to right, ΤΑΡ
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 14.79 g
Axis 12
Reference Walker, Metrology I, no. 567
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same obv. die.
Note The portrait is quite similar to that of the Antioch tetradrachms of year 84, suggesting a date of c. 35.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L NC 1971, 134
2 2     P: 1207 Wa 4622 = SNG 1390
3 3     ✸ Brisbane: 1659 CNG Triton V, 15 Jan. 2002, lot 1752 = CNG Triton XV, 3 Jan. 2012, lot 1418