RPC IV.3, 9739 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

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
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΑΔΡΙΑΝΗϹ ΤΑΡϹΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ
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 35 mm
Axis 12
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number 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