RPC III, 3280

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 3280
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)
Edition Αὐτο(κράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Ἁδριανὸς Σεβ(αστὸς) Ὀλύν{δ}<π>ιος
Translation Emperor Caesar Hadrian Augustus, Olympian
Obverse design laureate head 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 rock, holding ears of corn; at her feet, river god Kydnos swimming, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 11.93 g
Axis 6
Reference SNG Cop 358
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Cop SNG 358
2 2     Ziegler 666
3 3     A-KIKPE SNG Pfälzer 1334
4 4     ✸ CNG EA 90, 26 May 2004, lot 294, ex SNG Levante 1001 = vA 5988
5 5     CGT coll. = Ares Web Auction 9, 17 May 2020, lot 339