RPC III, 3266

 

Image of specimen #17

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 3266
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 ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟⳞ ⳞΕ
Nominative Imperator Caesar divi Traiani Parthicus filius divi Nervae nepos Traianus Hadrianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Hadrian, r. with drapery on l. shoulder
Reverse inscription ΤΑΡⳞΕΩΝ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩⳞ
Reverse design Sandan, wearing tall headdress and long cloak, standing, r., on horned lion; he wears on his l. side bow-case and sword crossing the bow-case; his r. hand is raised and he holds double axe and wreath in l.
Metal Silver
Average diameter 26 mm
Axis 12
Reference SNG France 1407–9; Prieur 767
Specimens 17 (7 in the core collections)
Die-links 2, 6: same obv. die. 3, 14: same obv. die. 4, 10: same obv. die. 9, 13, 15: same obv. die.
Note 2: % silver (Walker): 74.00 [5 obv. dies +]
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 145 (and pl. XXXIV, 2 [rev.])
2 2     L BMC 146
3 3     O ex Glendining, Woodward coll., 27 Sept. 1962, lot 403
4 4     P: 1214 SNG 1407
5 5     P: 1213 Luynes 2784 = SNG 1408
6 6     P: 1966/26 SNG 1409
7 7     V: GR 36366
8 8     Princeton Firestone’s Library (P.U.L. 1997–83)
9 9     CNG EA 441, 3 Apr. 2019, lot 347 (ex Prieur coll.)
10 10     Egger XLVI, Prowe coll., 11 May 1914, lot 2286
11 11     Santamaria, 18 June 1928, lot A 298
12 12     Artemis Antiquities 4, 1970, lot 147
13 13     Auctiones A.G. Basel 18, 21–22 Sept. 1989, lot 957
14 14     CNG MBS 64, 24 Sept. 2003, lot 689 (ex Berk 112, 13 Jan. 2000, lot 417; Berk BBS 116, 17 Oct. 2000, lot 725; Berk BBS 119, 15 Mar. 2001, lot 591)
15 15     Berk BBS 172, 20 Dec. 2010, lot 439
16 16     CNG 93, 22 May 2013, lot 905
17 17     ✸ ETB coll. (ex Numismatik Naumann 82, 2019, lot 361)