RPC III, 3281


Image of specimen #2

Coin type
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Volume	III
Number	3281
Province	Cilicia
Region	Cilicia
Subregion	Cilicia Pedias
City	Tarsus
Reign	Hadrian
Person (obv.)	Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue	Bronze
Obverse inscription	ΑΥΤΟ ΚΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΟΛΥΜΔΙΟϹ (sic)
Edition	Αὐτο(κράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Ἁδριανὸς Σεβ(αστὸς) Ὀλύμ{δ}<π>ιος
Translation	Emperor Caesar Hadrianus Augustus Olympius
Obverse design	laureate head of Hadrian, right; star in field, right
Reverse inscription	ΑΔΡΙΑΝΗϹ ΤΑΡϹΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ
Edition	Ἁδριανῆς Ταρσοῦ μητροπόλεως
Translation	of Hadrianic Tarsus, metropolis
Reverse design	Zeus seated, left, holding Nike on his extended right hand, left resting on sceptre
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	26 mm
Average weight	13.69 g
Axis	12
Reference	SNG Cop 359
Specimens	3 (1 in the core collections)