RPC III, 3271

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 3271
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Tarsus
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue Third group
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΘΕ ΤΡΑ ΠΑΡ Υ ΘΕ ΝΕΡ Υ ΤΡΑ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕ ΟΛΥΜΠΙΟϹ, Π Π
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Θε(οῦ) Τρα(ιανοῦ) Παρ(θικοῦ) υ(ἱὸς) Θε(οῦ) Νέρ(ουα) υ(ἱωνός) Τρα(ϊανὸς) Ἁδριανὸς Σε(βαστὸς) Ὀλύμπιος π(ατὴρ) π(ατρίδος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Trajan Hadrian Augustus, Olympian, father of the fatherland, son of the divine Trajan Parthicus, grandson of the divine Nerva
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Hadrian, left, with paludamentum
Reverse inscription ΑΔΡΙΑΝΩΝ ΤΑΡϹΕΩΝ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ
Edition Ἁδριανῶν Ταρσέων μητροπόλεως
Translation of the Hadrianian Tarsians, metropolis
Reverse design eagle, facing, wings spread, head right, standing on harpa
Metal silver
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 13.18 g
Axis 6
Reference SNG France 1396–7; Prieur 772
Specimens 6 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 5: same obv. die as 3272/1.
Note 2: % silver (IRAMAT Centre Ernest-Babelon): 69.1; 7: - ΑΔΡΑΝΟC (sic)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1211 Wa 4624 = SNG 1396
2 2     P: R 2316 SNG 1397
3 3     Bern: Righetti 1655
4 4     V: GR 19212
5 5     Leu-MM, Niggeler coll. II, 21–22 Oct. 1966, lot 653 (ex MM 13, 17–19 June 1954, lot 919)
6 6     ✸ CNG MBS 69, 8 June 2005, lot 1145 (ex Levante 1000) = CNG EA 436, 23 Jan. 2019, lot 336