RPC IV.3, 10276 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 10276 (temporary)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Tarsus
Reign Commodus
Issue Reign of Commodus or Septimius Severus
Obverse inscription ΚΟΙΝΟϹ ΚΙΛΙΚΙΑϹ ΤΑΡϹΟΥ ΔΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΟΥ
Edition Κοινὸς Κιλικίας Ταρσοῦ δὶς(νεωκόρου)
Translation of the Koinon of Cilicia, of Tarsus, twice neocorate
Obverse design crown of the Cilicarch decorated with the heads of eight emperors,
Reverse inscription ΑΔΡΙΑΝΗ ΚΟΜΟΔΙΑΝΗϹ ΤΑΡϹΟϹ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΙϹ
Edition Ἁδριανῆ(ς) Κομοδιανῆς Ταρσὸς μητρόπολις
Translation Hadrianic Commodian, Tarsus metropolis
Reverse design turreted and veiled Tyche seated on rock, right, holding poppy and two ears of corn, resting foot on swimming river-god (Kydnos)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 16.47 g
Axis 6, 11
Specimens 3 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1199 SNG 1470, edges clipped and pierced, 13.14g
2 2     B: 18310800, 1900 Imhoof-Blumer
3 3     ✸ B: 18310799, 1875 Prokesch-Osten