RPC III, 3259


Image of specimen #18

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/3259 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
Volume	III
Number	3259
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 ΤΡ 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	ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕωϹ (around) ΤΑΡ/ϹΕωΝ (in field l.)
Edition	μητροπόλεως Ταρσέων
Translation	of the metropolis of the Tarsans
Reverse design	Tyche of the City, turreted and veiled, seated, left, on diphros, holding palm and cornucopia; at her feet, river god Kydnos, crowned with sedge, swimming, right
Metal	silver
Average diameter	26 mm
Average weight	9.88 g
Axis	11, 12
Reference	SNG France 1405–6; Prieur 759
Specimens	22 (10 in the core collections)
Die-links	1, 3, 17: same obv. die. 4, 20: same obv. die. 9, 11: same obv. die. 10, 15: same obv. die.
Note	1: % silver (Walker): 60.25
Correction	Corrected coin-type (post publication)

Feedback

Specimens of this coin type

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1	L	BMC 147 (and pl. XXXIV, 3)		10.82			Show
2	2	G	SNG 2312 = Hunter II, 550/28		9.03			Show
3	3	P: 1217	SNG 1405	23.7	9.26			Show
4	4	P: 1966/28	SNG 1406		8.77		Rev.: GIC 843 (laureate bust of Caracalla r., ΑΜΚ (on silver coins) (on reverse))	Show
5	5	Cop	SNG 357		9.81			Show
6	6	V: GR 19209		24	9.79	12		Show
7	7	B: 18310959, 1900 Imhoof-Blumer		25	9.76	11		Show
8	8	B: 18310960, 1928 Bernhard-Imhoof		26	10.29	12		Show
9	9	NY: 1944.100.54532		26	10.87	12		Show
10	10	Boston: 62.647	Ratto, 4 Apr. 1927, lot 2326 = Lockett 2967	27	10.98	12		Show
11	11		Ziegler 660		10.60			Show
12	12		Ziegler 661		10.00		Obv.: GIC 843 (laureate bust of Caracalla r., ΑΜΚ (on silver coins) (on reverse))	Show
13	13		Missere 597		9.00		Obv.: GIC 843 (laureate bust of Caracalla r., ΑΜΚ (on silver coins) (on reverse))	Show
14	14		Missere 598		9.90			Show
15	15		E. Cahn 71, 14 Oct. 1931, lot 917 (ex Florange Ciani, Allotte de la Fuÿe coll., 17–21 Feb. 1925, lot 611)		9.25			Show
16	16		E. Cahn 80, 27 Feb. 1933, lot 365		10.87			Show
17	17		Berk BBS 116, 17 Oct. 2000, lot 725 (ex Berk BBS 112, 13 Jan. 2000, lot 416)		9.48			Show
18	18 ✸		Leu WA 26, 8 July 2023, lot 2654 = ETB coll. (ex CNG MBS 69, 8 June 2005, lot 1137 = CNG Triton XXII, 8 Jan. 2019, lot 518)	26.5	10.28	12		Show
19	19		CNG MBS 69, 8 June 2005, lot 1138 (ex Coin Galleries 29, 25 Nov. 1969, lot 1102) = CNG EA 441, 3 Apr. 2019, lot 351 (ex Prieur coll.)	28.3	8.74	12	Obv.: GIC 843 (laureate bust of Caracalla r., ΑΜΚ (on silver coins) (on reverse))	Show
20	20		MM Deutschland 19, Righetti 7, 16 May 2006, lot 215 (ex Helbing, Zsch. and K., 1913, lot 674; MM FPL 414, Aug. 1979, lot 27; Auctiones A.G. Basel 17, 7–8 June 1988, lot 369)	26	10.49			Show
21	21		Gerhard Hirsch 22 Sep. 2022, lot 1379		9.27		Rev.: GIC 843 (laureate bust of Caracalla r., ΑΜΚ (on silver coins) (on reverse))	Show
22	22	B: 18310961, 1906 Löbbecke		25	10.18	12		Show