RPC III, 3261

 

Image of specimen #12

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 3261
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Tarsus
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue First group
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΘΕ ΤΡΑ ΠΑΡ ΥΙ ΘΕ ΝΕΡ ΥΙ ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Θε(οῦ) Τρα(ϊανοῦ) Παρ(θικοῦ) υἱ(ός) 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, seated, left, on diphros, holding palm; at her feet, river god Kydnos, crowned with sedge swimming, right
Metal silver
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 9.96 g
Axis 12
Reference Prieur 760, 762
Specimens 13 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 11: same obv. die. 2, 10: same obv. die. 4, 7, 9: same obv. die.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.54533
2 2     NY: 1944.100.54531
3 3     Galerie des Monnaies List 16, May/June 1970, lot 461
4 4     MM FPL 336, July 1972, lot 22 (ex MM 41, 18–19 June 1970, lot 578)
5 5     Schulten 12–13 Apr. 1984, lot 270 (ex Hirsch XIII, Rhousopoulos coll., 1905, lot 4378)
6 6     Gorny & Mosch 60, 5 Oct. 1992, lot 406 = CNG Triton XXII, 8 Jan. 2019, lot 519
7 7     Auctiones A.G. Basel 25, 19–21 June 1995, lot 601 (ex Auctiones A.G. Basel 23, 17–18 June 1993, lot 369)
8 8     Brandt and Sonntag List 4, 1986, lot 373
9 9     CNG MBS 69, 8 June 2005, lot 1144 ( = Levante 998) = CNG EA 441, 3 Apr. 2019, lot 343 (ex Prieur coll.)
10 10     Hirsch 163, 27–30 Sept. 1989, lot 970
11 11     Hirsch 271, 16 Feb. 2011, lot 2346
12 12     ✸ Leu 4, 25 May 2019, lot 513
13 13     Pars Coins 37, 24 Apr. 2023, lot 212