RPC IV.3, 5030 (temporary)

 

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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
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Τίτος Αἰλίος Ἁδριανὸς Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβαστὸς Εὐσεβὴς Πατὴρ Πατρίδος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Τί(τος) Αἰ(λίος) Ἁδρ(ιανὸς) Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβ(αστὸς) Εὐ(σεβὴς) Π(ατὴρ) Π(ατρίδος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius Father of the Fatherland
Obverse design emperor (Antoninus Pius) in the guise of Zeus seated, left, holding Nike and long sceptre
Reverse inscription ΑΔΡΙΑΝ ΤΑΡϹΕΩΝ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ
Edition Ἁδριανῶν Ταρσέων μητροπόλεως Ἁδριαν(ῶν) Ταρσέων μητροπόλεως
Translation of the Hadrianian Tarsians, metropolis
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 26 mm
Average weight 11.22 g
Axis 2, 8, 12
Reference BMC 160, Cop 352–3
Specimens 23 (17 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen 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: 18311121, 1873 Fox
11 11     B: 18311120, 1900 Imhoof-Blumer
12 12     B: 18311122, 1906 Löbbecke
13 13     B: 18311123, 1906 Löbbecke
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
22 22     J. Gebauer coll = CNG EA 581, 19 Feb. 2025, lot 1136 = CNG EA 564, 19 June 2024, lot 385
23 23     CGT coll. ex Saint Paul 17, 30 June 2018, lot 375