RPC III, 3270

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 3270
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 Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Θεοῦ Τραϊανοῦ Παρθικοῦ υἱὸς Νέρουα υἱωνός Τραϊανὸς Ἁδριανὸς Σεβαστός 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 Ταρσέων μητροπόλεως
Translation of the Tarsians metropolis
Reverse design Apollo, naked, standing, right, legs crossed, holding laurel branch in left hand, left elbow resting on tripod enclosing serpent, shaking right hand with Perseus, naked, standing, left, holding harpa in left hand
Metal silver
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 9.11 g
Axis 11
Reference SNG France 1410–1; Prieur 770
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 3: same obv. die as 3265/6, 9–11, 14.
Note 1: % silver (IRAMAT Centre Ernest-Babelon): 57.8
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: R 2135 SNG 1410
2 2     P: 1966/24 SNG 1411
3 3     ✸ R. Pudill (ex Naumann 62, 4 Feb. 2018, lot 607)