RPC III, 3258

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 3258
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Tarsus
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue First group
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΘΕ ΤΡ ΠΑΡ ΥΙ ΘΕ ΝΕΡ ΥΙ ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΣ ΣΕ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Θε(οῦ) Τρ(αϊανοῦ) Παρ(θικοῦ) Υἱ(οῦ) Νέρ(ουα) Υἱ(ωνός) Τραϊανὸς Ἁδριανὸς Σε(βαστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar, son of divine Trajan Parthicus, grandson of divine Nerva, Trajan Hadrian Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Hadrian, right; fillet border
Reverse inscription ΤΑΡΣΕΩΝ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩΣ
Edition Ταρσέων μητροπόλεως
Translation of the Tarsians metropolis
Reverse design Tyche of the City, turreted and veiled, right, on diphos, holding palm; at her feet, river god Kydnos, crowned with sedge, swimming, right
Metal silver
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 12.82 g
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same obv. die.
Note 1: % silver (Walker): 72.00
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1927,0402.2
2 2     ✸ CNG MBS 88, 14 Sept. 2011, lot 1003
3 3     CNG 90, 23 May 2012, lot 1084