RPC III, 3279

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 3279
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Tarsus
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue Bronze
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟ ΚΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΟΛΥΝΔΙΟϹ (sic)
Nominative Imperator Caesar Hadrianus Augustus Olympius
Obverse design bare-headed draped bust of Hadrian, right
Reverse inscription ΑΔΡΙΑΝΗϹ ΤΑΡ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟ
Reverse design Tyche of the City, turreted and veiled, seated, right, on rock, holding ears of corn and poppy-head; at her feet, river god Kydnos swimming, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Axis 12
Reference SNG France 1412
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 151
2 2     P: 1221 Wa 4628 = SNG 1412
3 3     Rauch Summer Auction 2013, 18 Sept. 2013, lot 630
4 4     CGT coll., ex Ancient Imports
5 5     ✸ ETB coll., Ares 5, 22 Dec. 2019, lot 614