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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Okidoki, post: 3179894, member: 70512&quot;]<b> CILICIA, Tarsus Hadrian Tridrachm Sandan standing</b></p><p>Reference.</p><p>RPC III, 3267; Levante 996; Prieur 768</p><p><br /></p><p>Obv. ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΘΕ ΤΡΑ ΠΑΡ ΥΙ ΘΕ ΝΕΡ ΥΙ ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕ</p><p>Laureate head of Hadrian, r. with balteus and drapery on l. shoulder.</p><p><br /></p><p>Rev. ΤΑΡϹΕΩΝ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ</p><p>Sandan, wearing tall headdress and long cloak, standing, r., on horned lion; he wears on his l. side bow-case and sword crossing the bow-case; his r. hand is raised and he holds bipennis and wreath in left.</p><p><br /></p><p>9.94 gr</p><p>26 mm</p><p>12h</p><p><br /></p><p>Note.</p><p>Sandan (or Sandon or Sandas) was an ancient Anatolian god associated with both war and the weather, and was known in the area of Tarsos from Hittite times (the second half of the 2nd millenium BC). The figure of Sandan on a lion first appears on the coinage of Tarsus in the 2nd century BC, but it was certainly much older. The shrine to Sandan in Tarsus existed at least until the 3rd century AD</p><p>[ATTACH=full]819294[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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