RPC IV.3, 9739 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 9739 (temporary)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Tarsus
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕ Π Π
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνεῖνος Σεβαστὸς Πατήρ Πατρίδος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος Σε(βαστὸς) Π(ατήρ) Π(ατρίδος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus Father of the Fatherland
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΑΔΡΙΑΝΗϹ ΤΑΡϹΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ
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 34 mm
Average weight 23.28 g
Axis 12
Specimens 9 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     V: GR 34230
2 2     Levante 1016
3 3     Bern: Righetti 1657
4 4     Ziegler, Sammlungen, 681, pl. 33, private coll. Karbach
5 5     vA 5992
5 5     CGT coll. = Auctiones 17, 16 June 2013, lot 46
6 6     VAuctions 268, 18 Aug. 2011, lot 93
6 6     CNG 184, 19 March 2008, lot 121
7 7     ✸ Gorny & Mosch 276, 19 April 2021, lot 420