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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Okidoki, post: 2873129, member: 70512&quot;]Great looking coins <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>CILICIA, Tarsus Hadrian Tridrachm 117-18 AD Tyche36 viewsReference.</p><p>RPC 3, 3260; Prieur --; SNG France 1404; SNG Levante –.</p><p><br /></p><p>Obv. ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΘΕ ΤΡΑ ΠΑΡ ΥΙ ΘΕ ΝΕΡ ΥΙ ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟ⊏ ⊏Ε</p><p>Laureate bust right, slight drapery</p><p><br /></p><p>Rev. ΤΑΡ⊏ΕΩΝ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩ⊏</p><p>Tyche seated left on throne decorated with sphinx, holding palm frond and cornucopia; at feet, half-length figure of river-god Cydnus swimming left; all within wreath.</p><p><br /></p><p>10.38 gr</p><p>25 mm</p><p>12 h</p><p><br /></p><p>From the Olav E. Klingenberg Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 88 (14 September 2011), lot 1004.</p><p>Note from CNG</p><p>Most of the references do not distinguish the silver issues of Hadrian from Tarsus, but it is clear there are two distinct denominations. The heavier, at about 14 grams, is the traditional tetradrachm. The lighter, at slightly over 10 grams, is most likely a tridrachm.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]687119[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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