RPC III, 3278

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 3278
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Tarsus
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue Bronze
Obverse inscription ΑΔΡΙΑΝΗϹ ΤΑΡϹΟΥ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟϹ (square sigmas)
Nominative Hadrianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Hadrian, right, with drapery on left shoulder
Reverse inscription ΔΗΜΟϹ ΤΑΡϹΕΩΝ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ
Reverse design Demos, wearing himation over left arm and lower limbs, seated, left, on throne, holding wreath in right hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Axis 1, 5, 12
Reference BMC 152
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 152
2 2     B: 252/1879
3 3     CNG MBS 70, 21 Sept. 2005, lot 574 (ex Levante 1003 = vA 5987)
4 4     ETB coll., ex Ebay
5 5     ✸ R. Pudill coll. (ex Gorny & Mosch 265, 14 Oct. 2019, lot 1100)