RPC IV.3, 10720 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 10720 (temporary)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Tarsus
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating c. 161–162
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕ Π Π
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβαστὸς Πατὴρ Πατρίδος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρή(λιος) Ἀντωνῖνος Σε(βαστὸς) Π(ατὴρ) Π(ατρίδος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus Father of the Fatherland
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, left
Reverse inscription [ΑΔΡΙΑΝΗ]Ϲ ΤΑΡϹΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟ[ΠΟΛΕΩϹ]
Edition Ἁδριανῆς Ταρσοῦ μητροπόλεως Ἁδριανῆς Ταρσοῦ μητροπόλεως
Translation of Hadrianic Tarsus, metropolis
Reverse design monument of Sandas on base, surmounted by eagle; between two male figures standing, facing monument, each holding palm-branch(?); monument covered by semicircular canopy which rests on male figures' heads
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 26.71 g
Axis 12
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18311125, 1906 Löbbecke
2 2     ✸ VAuctions 321, 10 Nov. 2016, lot 28