RPC III, 3286

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 3286
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 female panther walking, left, foreleg raised and resting on cantharus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 22.63 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Blum Tarsus 2
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 4: same obv. die as 3285/1–2, 3287A/1. 2, 4: same rev. die.
Note See now, A.M. Chugg, 'The Antinous medallions from Tarus: fake or fortune?', Journal of the Numismatic Association of Australia 31 (2021–2), pp. 156–75.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: 18281771, 1901/791 Blum pl. IV, 8 [rev.] = Backe, p. 42, no 29
2 2     A.M. Chugg coll., ex Naville 66, 27 June 2021, lot 437 = M&M 52, 19 June 1975, lot 655 = Vinchon, 15 Nov. 1965, lot 136 = J. Sabatier, ASFN I, 1866, p. 71–6, n. 4 and pl. I, 4
3 3     R. Pudill coll. = Sternberg XI, 20-21 Nov. 1981, lot 362 = Triton VIII, 11 Jan. 2005, lot 729 = Künker 133, 11–12 Oct. 2007, lot 8856
4 4     Hirsch 303, 25 Sept. 2014, lot 3048