RPC IV.3, 5030 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #19

 

Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 5030 (temporary)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Tarsus
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΙ ΑΙ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥ Π Π
Obverse design emperor (Antoninus Pius) in the guise of Zeus seated, left, holding Nike and long sceptre
Reverse inscription ΑΔΡΙΑΝ ΤΑΡϹΕΩΝ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ
Reverse design turreted and veiled Tyche seated, right, holding poppy and two ears of corn, resting foot on swimming river-god (Kydnos), wearing sedge; Tyche's seat decorated with sphinx
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Axis 2, 8, 12
Reference BMC 160, Cop 352–3
Specimens 21 (17 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: BMC 160
2 2     Cop: 352
3 3     Cop: 353
4 4     Mu: 10b (acc. 26822), reverse legend perhaps ΑΔΡΙ ΤΑΡС... only
5 5     NY: 1944.100.54521
6 6     NY: 1959.187.7
7 7     V: GR 36473
8 8     P: 1539, 17 SNG 1449
9 9     P: 1192 SNG 1450
10 10     B: (Fox)
11 11     B: I-B
12 12     B: (Löbb)
13 13     B: (Löbb)
14 14     O
15 15     O
16 16     O
17 17     vA 5991
18 18     Levante 1011
19 19     ✸ Bern: Righetti 1656
20 20     NNM 92, p. 42, no. 180, pl.VIII
21 21     G: II, 549, no. 25 SNG I, no. 2313