RPC III, 3265

 

Image of specimen #15

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 3265
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Tarsus
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue Second 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(ὸς) 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 and cuirassed (decorated with gorgoneion) bust of Hadrian, right
Reverse inscription ΤΑΡϹΕΩΝ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ
Edition Ταρσέων μητροπόλεως
Translation of the Tarsians metropolis
Reverse design lion, left, attacking bull kneeling, left
Metal silver
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 9.37 g
Axis 1, 6, 12
Reference SNG France 1398–9; Prieur 766
Specimens 15 (5 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 12: same obv. die. 6, 9–11, 14: same obv. die as 3270/1, 3.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1212 SNG 1398
2 2     P: 1966/27 SNG 1399
3 3     V: GR 19211
4 4     B: 18311002, 1906 Löbbecke
5 5     NY: 1944.100.54534
6 6     Ziegler 664
7 7     Florange Ciani, Allotte de la Fuye coll., Feb. 1925, lot 610
8 8     Baranovsky, 1935, lot 6873
9 9     MünzZentrum 65, 9–12 Nov. 1988, lot 269
10 10     Palladium 10, Nov. 1995, lot 256 (ex Berliner Münzkabinett 13, May 1981, lot 68; GM 62, 20 Mar. 1993, lot 425; Cederlind FPL 98, 1993, lot 85917; Cederlind FPL 99, 1994, lot 165)
11 11     Berk BBS 129, 24 Oct. 2002, lot 409 (ex Berk BBS 116, 17 Oct. 2000, lot 726)
12 12     CNG MBS 69, 8 June 2005, lots 1142 (ex Lanz 28, 7 May 1984, lot 517; Schweizerischer Kreditanstalt Bern Auction 5, 19–20 Apr. 1985, lot 565) = CNG Triton XXII, 8 Jan. 2019, lot 520
13 13     CNG MBS 69, 8 June 2005, lots 1143
14 14     CNG MBS 72, 14 June 2006, lot 1203
15 15     ✸ Leu WA 26, 8 July 2023, lot 2660 = ETB coll. (ex Leu EA 10, 7 Dec. 2019, lot 866)