Coin of Tarsus with bust of Antinous
Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 130–138
Mint: Cilicia, Tarsus
Dimensions
Diameter: 35.5 mm. Weight: 22.34 gm. Die Axis: 2
Accession Number
1999.30
Medium or Technique
Bronze
Not On View
Collections
Classifications
Obverse: Bust of Antinous to left. In front, star.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Rivergod Kydnos reclining left, left elbow on overturned vase, branch in right hand.
Inscriptions in Greek in exergue and around.
Struck under Hadrian.
Provenance
By 1976: with Robert E. Hecht, Jr.; purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr., March 24, 1999
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour