RPC IV.3, 5035 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 5035 (temporary)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Tarsus
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Commodus (Caesar)
Obverse inscription ΚΟΡΟΙ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟΥ
Edition κόροι Σεβαστοῦ
Translation boys of the Augustus
Obverse design bare-headed and draped busts of Annius Verus and Commodus (both youthful), facing each other; between them below, caduceus and club; (above, star)
Reverse inscription ΤΑΡϹΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠ(ΟΛΕΩϹ), ΚΟΙΝΟϹ ΚΙΛΙΚΙΑϹ (on architrave)
Edition Ταρσοῦ μητροπόλεως Κοινὸς Κιλικίας
Translation of Tarsus, the metropolis of the Koinon of Cilicia
Reverse design temple with ten columns; in pediment, eagle standing, left, head, right, spreading wings
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 17 mm
Average weight 3.53 g
Axis 6, 7, 8, 12
Reference BMC 165–6
Specimens 20 (13 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: BMC 165, pl. XXXIV.11
2 2     L: BMC 166, obverse with star
3 3     L: 1979-1-1-2634 vA 5993
4 4     P: 1318 SNG 1457
5 5     P: 1236 SNG 1455
6 6     P: 1317 SNG 1456
7 7     B: I-B, obverse with star
8 8     B: Löbb, obverse without star
9 9     C: Leake 2589, Asiatic Greece, p. 129.2, obverse with star
10 10     NY: 1944.100.54545, obverse legend obscure
11 11     NY: 1944.100.54546, obverse with star
12 12     V: GR 19227, obverse with star
13 13     V: GR 27503, obverse with star, obverse legend tooled: ΚΟΤΟΙ(sic) СƐΒΑСΤΟΥ
14 14     Levante 1018
15 15     Ziegler, Sammlungen, 683, pl. 33, private coll. Karbach
16 16     CNG 55 (13/09/2000), 968, obverse with star
17 17     CNG 58 (19/09/2001), 947, obverse with star
18 18     Freiburg: 12103 obverse with star
19 19     Freiburg: 12104
20 20     Boston: 62.304