RPC IV.3, 5033 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 5033 (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 ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος Σε(βαστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΑΔΡΙΑΝΗϹ ΤΑΡϹΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ
Edition 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 34 mm
Average weight 23.40 g
Axis 2, 12
Reference BMC 163
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: BMC 163, pl. XXXIV.10 (rev.)
2 2     ✸ P: 1234 SNG 1451 = Wa 4634
3 3     Levante 1015 = Lanz 30, 593
4 4     E.J. Waddell 1 (09/12/1982), 522