RPC III, 3305B

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 3305B
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Tarsus
Reign Uncertain
Issue Coinage without imperial portrait
Dating Hadrian or later
Obverse inscription ΤΑΡϹΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕ[ΩϹ]
Edition Ταρσοῦ Μητροπόλεως
Translation of Tarsus, the Metropolis
Obverse design turreted, veiled and draped bust of Tyche, right
Reverse inscription ΤΑΡ-ϹΟΥ, ΜΗΤΡΟΠ/[ΟΛΕΩϹ]? (in exergue)
Edition Ταρσοῦ μητροπόλεως
Translation of Tarsus, metropolis
Reverse design temple with ten columns; inscription on architrave?
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 17 mm
Average weight 2.44 g
Axis 12
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Addition Additional coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ CGT coll. (ex Savoca 1st Blue London, 23 Mar. 2019, lot 966)