RPC III, 3279A

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 3279A
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Tarsus
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue Bronze
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟ ΚΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΥ ϹΕΒ ΟΛΥΝΔΙΟΥ (sic)
Edition Αὐτο(κράτορος) Καί(σαρος) Ἁδριανοῦ Σεβ(αστοῦ) Ὀλυν{δ}<π>ίου
Translation of Emperor Caesar Hadrian Augustus, Olympian
Obverse design bare-headed draped bust of Hadrian, right
Reverse inscription ΑΔΡΙΑΝΗϹ ΤΑΡΣΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩΣ
Edition Ἁδριανῆς Ταρσοῦ μητροπόλεως
Translation of Hadrianic Tarsus, metropolis
Reverse design Tyche of the City, turreted and veiled, seated, left, on throne, holding ears of corn and poppy-head; at her feet, river-god Kydnos swimming, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 10.88 g
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Addition Additional coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ ETB coll., ex Pecunem 26, 14 Dec. 2014, lot 404