RPC III, 3273

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 3273
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 draped bust of Hadrian, right
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 12.84 g
Axis 1, 6
Reference Levante 999; Prieur 774
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 2–3: same obv. die.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18311003, 1884/335
2 2     CNG MBS 64, 24 Sept. 2003, lot 692 = CNG Triton XXII, 8 Jan. 2019, lot 522 = Levante 999
3 3     ✸ CNG EA 484, 27 Jan. 2021, lot 530