RPC III, 3285

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 3285
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Tarsus
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Antinous
Obverse inscription ΗΡΩϹ ΑΝΤΙΝΟΟϹ
Edition Ἥρως Ἀντίνοος
Translation Hero Antinous
Obverse design draped bust of Antinous, wreathed with ivy and wearing hemhem crown, right
Reverse inscription ΑΔΡΙΑΝΗϹ ΤΑΡϹΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ ΝΕΟΚΟΡΟΥ
Edition Ἁδριανῆς Ταρσοῦ μητροπόλεως νεοκόρου
Translation of Hadrianic Tarsus, metropolis and neocorate
Reverse design Dionysus holding thyrsus seated on female panther walking, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 38 mm
Average weight 26.88 g
Reference Blum Tarsus 1
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies. 1–2: same obv. die as 3286/1, 4, 3287A/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: 18200843, 300/1897 ZfN XXI, 1898, 225 and pl. VI, 1 = Blum pl. IV, 5 = Backe, p. 43, no 30
2 2     Milan: 3850 Brera 3266: G. Nicodemi, Catalogo delle raccolte numismatiche II Le monete dell'Impero romano da Adriano ad Elio Cesare (Milan, 1940), with Tav. XVI