RPC II, 1733

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 1733
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Tarsus
Reign Uncertain
Magistrate Maximus Nikolaos
Dating First century AD (?)
Obverse inscription ΟΡΤΥΓΟΘΗΡΑ
Edition ὀρτυγοθήρα
Translation quail-hunter
Obverse design Tyche seated, right, holding corn-ears and with river god Kydnos beneath
Reverse inscription ΤΑΡϹΕΩΝ, ΜΑΞΙΜΟΥ / ΝΙΚΟ/ΛΑΟΥ (in field, l.)
Edition Ταρσέων Μαξίμου Νικολάου
Translation of the Tarsians, of Maximus, of Nikolaos
Reverse design Zeus seated, left, holding Nike with wreath and sceptre, eagle under throne
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 12.94 g
Axis 9, 12
Specimens 7 (4 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 124, pl. XXXIII, 7
2 2     L BMC 125
3 3     Levante 984
4 4     Ziegler 651
5 5     ✸ CNG 88, 14 Sept. 2011, lot 1000
6 6     B: 18302781, 1873 Fox
7 7     B: 18302779, 1900 Imhoof-Blumer