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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 3940185, member: 57495&quot;]I really like these big Cilician Provincial bronzes. Here are a few from Tarsus.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1038669[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>CARACALLA</b></p><p>AE32. 17.91g, 32.3mm. CILICIA, Tarsus, circa AD 198-217. SNG France 1520. O: AVT KAI M AVP CЄVHPOC ANTΩNЄINOC CЄB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right; Π – Π in fields. R: ANTΩNIANHC CЄV MHTP / TAPCOV / A M K Γ Β, Herakles left, lifting Antaios off the ground; club draped with lion skin to left.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1038668[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>CARACALLA</b></p><p>AE33. 21.27g, 33.5mm. CILICIA, Tarsus, struck circa AD 215. SNG France 1515. O: [AVT KAI M AVP CEVHPOC ANTΩNEI]NOC CEB , laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right; Π-Π in fields. R: [ANTΩNIANHC CEVH AΔP MHT TAPCOV ΓB], Elephant standing left, head turned slightly facing; above, Ciliarch crown inscribed O MAK K.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1038671[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>GORDIAN III</b></p><p>AE34. 20.82g, 34.3mm. CILICIA, Tarsus, circa AD 238-244. SNG France 1667 var. (rev legend). O: AVT KAI M ANTΩNIOC ΓOPΔIANOC CЄB, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right;&nbsp; Π – Π in exergue. R: TAPCOV MHTPOΠOΛЄΩ / A M - K Γ B, Hercules standing facing, head left, holding club and apples of the Hesperides; tree to left, from which hangs the carcass of the monstrous serpent Ladon.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1038672[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>GORDIAN III</b></p><p>AE37. 21.38g, 36.7mm. CILICIA, Tarsus, circa AD 238-244. SNG France 1677. O: AVT K M ANT ΓOΡΔIANOC CEB, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind; Π-Π in fields. R: TAPCOV MHTPO ΠOΛEΩC / AM KΓ (or similar), Two Ciliarch crowns, the outer decorated with nine busts, the inner with six. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1038670[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>HERENNIA ETRUSCILLA</b></p><p>AE29. 13.29g, 29.4mm. CILICIA, Tarsus, AD 249-251. RPC 1368. O: ΑΝΝΙΑΝ (sic) ΑΙΤΡΟΥϹΚΙΛΛΑΝ ϹƐ, draped bust right, wearing stephane, crescent behind shoulders. R: Τ - ΑΡϹΟV ΜΗ – ΤΡΟΠΟΛƐΩϹ around, Α /Μ / Κ - Γ / Β in field, Cult statue of Apollo Lykeios standing left on omphalos, head right, holding wolf by forelegs in each hand.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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