RPC III, 3297

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 3297
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 bare head of Antinous, right
Reverse inscription ΑΔΡΙΑ(ΝΗϹ) ΤΑΡϹΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ ΝΕΟΚΟΡΟΥ
Edition Ἁδριανῆς Ταρσοῦ μητροπόλεως νεοκόρου
Translation of Hadrianic Tarsus, metropolis and neocorate
Reverse design river god Kydnos, crowned with sedge, reclining left, leaning on vase, holding cornucopia and reed; below, ΚΥΔΝΟC
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 61.99 g
Reference Blum Tarsus 13
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1226 RIN 1911, pl. IV, 4 = SNG 1418
2 2     Kricheldorf 49, 20 Feb. 2017, lot 315, ex Künker 25, 1993, lot  288, ex Waddell 2, 12 Sept. 1987, lot 406, ex Sternberg 11, 20 Nov. 1981, lot 364 = GM 284, 7-8 Mar. 2022, lot 552