RPC III, 3296

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 3296
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Tarsus
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Antinous
Person (rev.) Antinous
Obverse inscription ΑΝΤΙΝΟΟϹ ΗΡΩϹ
Edition Ἀντίνοος ἥρως
Translation Antinous Hero
Obverse design bare head of Antinous, left
Reverse inscription ΑΔΡΙΑΝΗϹ ΤΑΡϹΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΟΥ
Edition Ἁδριανῆς Ταρσοῦ μητροπολέως νεωκόρου
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 36 mm
Average weight 24.20 g
Axis 1, 2
Reference Blum Tarsus 12
Specimens 7 (2 in the core collections)
Note 6. Obverse tooled. The end of the rev. legend is probably off-flan.
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