RPC I, 3871

 

Image of specimen #59

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 3871
Province Kingdom of Cilicia
Region Cilicia
City Kingdom of Cilicia
Reign Tarcondimotos
Person (obv.) Tarcondimotos (king)
Issue Philoantonius
Dating 39 BC to 31 BC
Obverse inscription
Obverse design diademed head of Tarcondimotus, right
Reverse inscription ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΤΑΡΚΟΝΔΙΜΟΤΟΥ ΦΙΛΑΝΤΩΝΙΟΥ
Reverse design Zeus seated, left, with Nike and sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Axis 1, 9, 12
Reference BMC 1
Specimens 20 (11 in the core collections)
Note See N. L. Wright, 'Anazarbos and the Tarkondimotid kings of Kilikia', AS 58 (2008), pp. 115–25, supporting the case for a mint at Anazarbus, rather than Hierapolis Castabala.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1979,0101.956 ex SNG vA 5413
2 2     L BMC 1
3 3     L BMC 2
4 4     L BMC 3
5 5     L BMC 4
6 6     P: 1583 Wa 4714
7 7     P: 1581
8 8     P: 1582
9 9     Levante 1257
10 10     Levante 1258
12 12     Leeds-UL: 938
13 13     Leeds-UL: 939
14 14     Naville Numismatics 54, 15 Dec. 2019, lot 234
16 16     Freiburg: 12086
18 18     NY: 2015.20.2812
21 21     Private coll.
22 22     Cop SNG Supp. 539
23 23     Cop SNG Supp. 538
59 59     ✸ Sol Numismatik 11, 4 Mar. 2023, lot 130
60 60     TMC Collection (ex: Biga Numismatics 25, 9 Dec. 2023, lot 122)