RPC III, 3295

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 3295
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Tarsus
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Antinous
Person (rev.) Antinous
Obverse inscription ΑΝΤΙΝΟΟϹ ΗΡΩϹ
Edition Ἀντίνοος ἥρως Ἀντίνοος ἥρως
Translation Antinous Hero
Obverse design head of Antinous, wearing hem-hem crown, left; in field, left star
Reverse inscription ΑΔΡΙΑΝΗϹ ΤΑΡϹΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ ΝΕΟΚΟΡΟΥ
Edition Ἁδριανῆς Ταρσοῦ μητροπόλεως νεοκόρου Ἁδριανῆς Ταρσοῦ μητροπόλεως νεοκόρου
Translation of Hadrianic Tarsus, metropolis and neocorate
Reverse design Antinous as river god Kydnos, crowned with sedge, reclining left, leaning on vase, holding cornucopia and reed; below, ΚΥΔΝΟC
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 19.71 g
Axis 5
Reference Blum —
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Note 3. No star, obverse and reverse tooled
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: 18311101, 1928 Bernhard-Imhoof Blum pl. IV, 9 [rev.] = Backe, p. 43, no 32
2 2     CNG MBS 64, 24 Sept. 2003, lot 693 (ex Levante 1004)
4 4     R. Pudill coll. (ex Savoca 174th, 17 Sep. 2023, lot 140)