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Tarsos (AD 218-222) AE 19 - Elagabalus451 viewsElagabalus, 218-222 AD. AE19 (6.65g, 1h). Laureate head right / Legend in two lines; AMK below. VF, green-brown surfaces. Ex Wagner Coll.
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Tarsos (BC 379-374) Stater - Pharnabazos451 viewsPharnabazos, Persian military commander, 380-374/3 BC. AR Stater (20mm, 10.38g, 10h). Struck circa 380-379 BC. Head of Arethusa facing slightly left / Helmeted and bearded male head left. Near EF, dark iridescent toning, some areas of roughness.
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Tarsos (AD 235-238) AE 37 - Maximinus I449 viewsMaximinus I, 235-238 AD. AE37 (21.89g). VT.K.Γ.IOV.OVH.MAΞIMEINOC C, draped, cuirassed and laureate bust right; in field Π-Π/ TAPCOY T - HC MHTPOΠOΛEΩC, Nike, on globe, advancing left, holding palmbranch and cilicarch crown with four imperial heads; in left field AM/K, in right field Γ/B. Rare, nice VF. Hoeft coll.
The Cilicarch was the High Priest in Cilicia, the chief priest of the provincial temple or the temples of the imperial cults.
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Tarsos (AD 222-235) AE 33 - Severus Alexander446 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE33 (20.50g). Α Κ Îœ Α CЄΟΥ ΑΛЄΞΑÎΔΡΟC CЄΒ Î -Î , bust right, wearing crown and garment of the demiurgus / ΔΩΡЄΑ ΑΛЄΞΑÎΔΡΟΠΤΑ ΜΗ ΑΜΚ, galley to left, below, two dolphins around crown of demiugus. Obverse countermark, green patina, VF.
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Tarsos (AD 235-238) AE 36 - Maximinus I443 viewsMaximinus I, 235-238 AD. AE36 (25.28g). ΑΥΤ Κ Γ ΙΟΥ ΟΥΗ ΜΑΞΙΜЄΙÎΟC CЄΒ Î -Î , laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΤΑΡCΟΥΤΗC ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛЄ, Perseus, standing left with harpa and head of Gorgon and Apollo standing right with tripod and laureal branch, in between, ΑΜΚ ΓΒ. Green patina, VF.
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Tarsos (BC 164-27) AE 21442 viewsafter 164 BC. AE21 (7.85g, 1h). Turreted head of Tyche right / Zeus seated left, holding eagle-tipped sceptre. VF, light green patina, obverse rough.
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Tarsos (BC 425-400) Triobol441 viewsca 425-400 BC. AR Triobol (2.61g). Forepart of hippocamp right / Persian King advancing right, holding spear and bow. Toned VF, very light porosity. Very rare. Ex von Aulock Collection, 5910.
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Tarsos (AD 117-138) AE 28441 viewsTime of Hadrian, 117-138 AD and later. AE28 (12.02g). AΔPIANHC TAPCOY; head of Heracles right, wearing oak wreath, club over shoulder / MHTPOΠOΛEΩC; Perseus standing left, holding Apollo Lykeios in outstretched right hand (who holds two wolves by forelegs), harpa in left; to left, lion attacking bull.
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Tarsos (AD 81-96) Tetradrachm - Domitian440 viewsDomitian, 81-96 AD. AR Tetradrachm (13.82g, 26mm, 12h). ΑΥΤΟ ΚΑΙ ΘΕ ΥΙ ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑÎΟΣ ΣE ΓΕΡ, laureate head right / ΜΕΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩΣ, Tyche seated right on rocks, holding palm; at feet, river-god Kydnos swimming right; TAP monogram to right. VF. Tricarico coll.
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Tarsos (AD 198-217) AE 34 - Caracalla438 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE34 - Tetrassarion (19.79g, 6h), strck ca 214-217 AD. AΥT KAI M AΥΡ CЄOΥHΡOC ANTΩNЄINOC CЄB ΠΠBust of Caracalla to right, wearing the diadem and robes of a Demiourgos / ANTΩNIANHC CЄVHPIAN AΔPIA / TAPCOV /A M K / Γ B On left and right, two nude athletes standing facing each other and flanking a four legged table on which is an elaborate prize crown and two vases; below the table, amphora. Lovely green patina with earthen highlights. Rough surfaces as found, otherwise, EF. From the M Coll, ex LHS 95, 25 Oct 2005, 831.
The reverse shows the victors of the "Antonian, Severan and Hadrianic Games" at Tarsos - these were also honorary titles for the city itself. The letters on the reverse field are also honorifics: "First, Biggest and Most Beautiful" "Ruler over the three districts of the province, and holder of two temples of the Imperial cult". Tarsos was especially fond of such titles.
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Tarsos (AD 238-244) AE 32 - Gordian III437 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE32 (18.31g, 7h). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Male wearing long robe, standing left, holding phiale and sceptre. Fine, green-brown patina.
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Tarsos (AD 198-217) AE 32 - Caracalla426 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE32 (21.51g). AΥT KAI M AΥΡ CЄOΥHΡOC ANTΩNЄINOC CЄB / Π- Π, laureate and cuirassed bust right / ANTΩNIANHC CЄΥ MHTΡ / TAΡCOΥ / ΓB / AMK, lion advancing right head left. Olive green patina, EF.
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Tarsos (AD 251-253) AE 30 - Trebonianus Gallus425 viewsTrebonianus Gallus, 251-253 AD. AE30 (15.30g). Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Emperor standing left, holding spear, presenting city-goddess with Ciliarch crown decorated with five heads and two Nikai. Near VF, brown surfaces, a touch porous.
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Tarsos (AD 253-260) AE 32 - Valerian I420 viewsValerian I, 253-260 AD. AE32 (12.08g). Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Three price-crowns on table. Attractive patina, good very fine.
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Tarsos (BC 164-27) AE 17418 viewsafter 164 BC. AE17 (4.61g, 1h). TAPΣEΩN, Zeus seated left, holding Nike and scepter, to the left, crescent and star / Club tied with fillets, to the left and right, monograms, al within oak wreath. Green patina, gVF. Franke coll.
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Tarsos (AD 218-222) AE 24 - Elagabalus416 viewsElagabalus, 218-222 AD. AE24 (5.20g, 12h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Apollo Lykeios standing facing on omphalos, holding in each hand a wolf by the forelegs; stars flanking. VF, earthen green patina. Ex Alighieri Coll.
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Tarsos (BC 164-27) AE 21413 views164 BC and later. AE21 (8.37g). Turreted, veiled and draped bust of Tyche right / Sandan on mythical animal right, within pyramidal monument surmounted by eagle; two monograms to left. Good VF.
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Tarsos (BC 361-334) Stater - Mazaios413 viewsMazaios, Satrap of Cilicia, 361/0-334 BC. AR Stater (10.73g, 22m). Baaltars enthroned left, eagle and grapes in hand; lion head below / Lion attacking bull left, shield below. Unpublished variant. Attractive VF.
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Tarsos (AD 198-217) AE 35 - Caracalla412 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE34.9 (22.21g). Laureate head left / Emperor sacrificing over burning altar. Very fine. Die-combination appearently unpublished.
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Tarsos (BC 379-374) Stater - Pharnabazos409 viewsPharnabazos, Persian military commander, ca 379-374 BC. AR Stater (20mm, 10.50g). Three-quarter facing head of Herakles, head turned slightly right, wearing lion's skin, Aramaic 'HLK' (=Cilicia) below / Helmeted head of warrior left. VF, toned, obverse die rust, rough surfaces. Very rare. David Herman Coll.; ex CNG 66 (5/2004), lot 605; Eduardo Levante Collection, 75.
Unlike the other issues of Pharnabazos, which feature a bearded head of Ares, this coin clearly shows a clean-shaven, young male head.
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Tarsos (BC 333-323) Obol409 viewsca 333-323 BC. AR Obol (10mm, 0.71g). Helmeted head of Athena right / Shield ornamented with thunderbolt. Near VF, light porosity, scratches, very minor deposits on reverse. Unpublished in the standard references.
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Tarsos (BC 379-372) Obol407 viewsTime of Pharnabazos and Datames, ca 379-372 BC. AR Obol (9mm, 0.70g). Three-quarter facing female head, head turned slightly left / Bearded male head left, wearing Athenian helmet. VF, toned, minor roughness. David Herman Coll.; ex CNG 64 (9/2003), lot 340; Eduardo Levante Collection, 93.
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Tarsos (AD 198-217) AE 35 - Caracalla407 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE35 (20.12g, 12 h). Laureate head left / Athlete standing facing, head left, crowning himself with prize crown. VF, brown patina, rough.
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Tarsos (AD 238-244) AE 36 - Gordian III406 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE36 (27.11g). Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Two figures standing behind garlanded altar, before which lies a humped bull, figure on right holds large round shield; tall statue of Apollo Lyceius between them; to right, Perseus standing left, holding phiale and harpa; to left Demeter standing right, holding two lit torches pointed towards Apollo Lyceius. About very fine.
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Tarsos (AD 198-217) AE 33 - Caracalla404 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE33 (20.54g, 12h). Laureate and cuirassed bust right / Artemis kneeling to right over deer, raising its head with her left hand, right hand poised to plunge dagger into its throat. Very Fine.
Here we see a more familiar depiction of Artemis than that of the Ephesian manifestation (see lot 867). The reverse type depicts Artemis as the goddess of the hunt, about to slay a deer. Homer applies the epithet 'Ποτνια ΘηÏων' (Mistress of the Animals) to the goddess, and deer in particular were considered sacred to her. In addition to female fertility and virginity, Artemis was associated with certain male activities - in particular the transition from boyhood to manhood and warfare. Perhaps it is these latter associations Caracalla wished to conjure in Tarsos, the city from which he launched his Parthian campaign in AD 216.
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Tarsos (AD 117-138) Tetradrachm - Hadrian403 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Tetradrachm (13.03g, 27mm, 12h). Struck 117 AD. AYT KAI ΘE TPΛ ΠAP ΘE NEP • YI TPAI AΔPIANOΣ ΣE, laureate head right; all within bead-and-reel border / TAP(squared C) EΩN MHTPOΠOΛEΩΣ, Tyche of Tarsus seated right on throne decorated with aphlaston, holding palm frond; below, river-god Cydnus swimming right; all within pelleted border. VF, toned, some roughness. From the Sierra Coll.; ex Patrick Cooper Coll. CNG 63 (5/2003), lot 1028.
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Tarsos (BC 164-27) AE 27399 viewsAfter 164 BC. AE27 (17.21g). Tyche seated right on throne, holding grain ears; river-god Kydnos swimming right below / Zeus seated left, holding Nike and scepter. Unlisted variant (?). About very fine.
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Tarsos (AD 235-238) AE 38 - Maximinus I398 viewsMaximinus I, 235-238 AD. AE38 (23.49g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / TAPCOV THC MHTP, Tyche seated on rocks, holding ear of corn, within tetrastyle temple with arched roof; at her feet, river-god Kydnos swimming left; A/M/K in left field; Γ/B in right. VF.
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Tarsos (AD 244-249) AE 37 - Philip I396 viewsPhilip I, 244-249 AD. AE37 (19.96g). AVT KAI IOV ΦILIΠΠON [EVT] EVC CE, draped, cuirassed, radiate bust right, in field Π-Π/ TA - PCOV THC MHTP[OΠ]OLEΩC, B to left, A/M/K/Γ to right, Herakles stg. facing, head left, leaning left, wrestling Antaios; he lifts Antaios up into the air by the waist while Antaios tries to break his grip. Rare, good F, usual roughness. Hoeft coll.
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Tarsos (AD 177-192) AE 32 - Commodus395 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE32 (14.90g, 1h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Decastyle temple, ΚΟΜΟΔΕΙΟC in architrave. VF, dark green patina. Rare variety. Ex J.P. Righetti Coll. (Münzen & Medaillen 19, 16 May 2006), lot 218.
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Tarsos (BC 400-387) Hemiobol394 viewsca 350 BC. AR Hemiobol (?) (0.36g, 8h). Forepart of horse left / Griffin advancing left; to left, Aramaic BL. Near EF, toned. Extremely rare.
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Tarsos (AD 235-238) AE 36 - Maximinus I394 viewsMaximinus I, 235-238 AD. AE36 (28.80g, 6h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Laureate and cuirassed bust of Maximinus, slight drapery on left shoulder, and laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Maximus, vis-Ã -vis. VF, dark green patina with lighter green and earthen overtones, slight roughness on obverse. Krizan Coll.; ex CNG 53 (3/2000), lot 1151; Levante Coll., 1105.
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Tarsos (AD 235-238) AE 36 - Maximinus Thrax392 viewsMaximinus Thrax, AD 235-238 AD. AE36. Head right / Apollo standing, head left, holding bow and arrow in left hand and branch in right. Unpublished reverse?
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Tarsos (BC 379-372) Obol387 viewsTime of Pharnabazos and Datames, ca 379-372 BC. AR Obol (10mm, 0.71g). Three-quarter facing female head, head turned slightly left / Bearded male head right wearing Athenian helmet. VF, toned, minor porosity. David Herman Coll.; Eduardo Levante Collection, 98.
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Tarsos (AD 235-238) AE 37 - Maximinus I385 viewsMaximinus I, 235-238 AD. AE37 (19.31g). VT.K.Γ.IOV.OVH.MAΞIMEINOC, draped, cuirassed, radiate bust right, in field Π-Π/ TAPCOV THC MHTPOΠOLEΩ[C], Apollo Lykeios, nude, laureate, standing frontal, holding a dead wolf in each hand; AMK in left field, Γ.B in right field. Rare, about VF. Hoeft coll.
AMK stands for 'the First, the Biggest, the most Beautiful', granted to the city in 215 AD upon Caracalla's campaign against the Parthians. Γ.B = 3.2, capital of three provinces, keeper of two neocorates (Curtis Clay).
The two animals are not wolfs but dogs, symbolizing Mopsus and Amphilochus, called 'the dogs of Apollo' by Lychopron, a 3rd century poet. (Pat Lawrence)
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Tarsos (BC 379-372) Obol381 viewsTime of Pharnabazos and Datames, ca 379-372 BC. AR Obol (10mm, 0.81g, 12h). Helmeted head of warrior (Ares?) left / Female head left, wearing tripartite crown and earring. Good VF, very minor porosity. Good for issue.
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Tarsos (AD 198-217) AE 36 - Caracalla381 viewsCaracalla, 198–217 AD. AE36 (22.03g). AVT • KAI • M • AVP • CЄVHPOC • ANTWNЄINOC / Π- Π. Bust right, wearing crown and garment of the demiurgus / ANTWNЄINIANH-C CЄVH [AΔ] (in field in between figures) A M K Γ B (im Abschnitt) TAPCOV, Perseus with harpe left and Heracles with club right standing facing each other both holding the wreathed bust of Caracalla. Rare. EF.
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Tarsos (AD 238-244) AE 34 - Gordian III380 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE34 (29.49g, 6h). Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, holding spear and shield decorated with aegis / Gordian, radiate, on horseback right, casting javelin at lion leaping right; A/M/K and B- Γ in fields. VF, black-green patina with beige overtones, very light overall roughness.
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Tarsos (AD 198-217) AE 34 - Caracalla380 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE34 (19.76g, 12h). Laureate and cuirassed bust right, drapery on far shoulder / Emperor as Triptolemus, sowing seeds from seed-bag held over left shoulder, standing right on garlanded cart being drawn by two winged and yoked serpents; AM/K above, Γ/B to left. VF, black patina. Strong portrait and highly interesting reverse type. R.H. Coll.; ex Levante Coll. CNG Elec. Auc. 132, (2/2006), lot 125; CNG Auc. 66 (5/2004), lot 1186; Deaccessioned from the Départment des Monnaies, Médailles et Antiques, Bibliothèque Nationale de France; Waddington Coll. (c. 1896).
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Tarsos (AD 222-235) AE 44 - Severus Alexander379 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE44 (48.50g, 12h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Sacrificial scene: Four figures around garlanded altar – Priestess standing left, to attendants standing right behind altar, and Perseus, holding harpe, standing left; column surmounted by statue of Apollo Lyceius in background; before altar, bull kneeling left. Fine, brown patina, a few typical minor edge splits. An extraordinary medallic bronze, undoubtedly the largest and heaviest coin struck at Tarsos. Krizan Coll.; ex CNG 64 (9/2003), lot 705; Levante Coll., 1087; von Aulock Coll., 6027.
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Tarsos (AD 238-244) AE 35 - Gordian III377 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE35 (26.63g). Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Apollo standing left, holding laurel branch and chlamys. VF, brown patina, a little rough.
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Tarsos (BC 379-372) Obol376 viewsTime of Pharnabazos and Datames, 379-362 BC. AR Obol (0.80g). Female head (Arethusa?) with sphendone and necklace facing / Helmeted head of bearded male (Ares?) left. Some roughness, very fine.
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Tarsos (AD 251-253) AE 26 - Volusian376 viewsVolusian, 251-253 AD. AE26 (12.29g, 12h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Kilikarch crown decorated with eight Imperial heads; AM/KG/B in three lines within. VF, green and brown patina. Rare reverse type.
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Tarsos (AD 238-244) AE 36 - Gordian III376 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE36 (23.09g, 6h). Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Two Ciliarch crowns, the outer decorated with nine busts, the inner with six. Near EF, dark green patina, a few minor cleaning marks. From Group CEM.
The Ciliarch or Cilicarch was the name for the High Priest of Cilicia who presided over provincial temples dedicated to certain emperors. The different busts which decorate the crown represent the various emperors who were honored at each respective temple.
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Tarsos (AD 251-253) AE 32 - Trebonianus Gallus374 viewsTrebonianus Gallus, 251-254 AD. AE32 (16.56g, 1h). Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Perseus standing facing, head left, holding cultus statue of Apollo Lykeios standing on omphalos, holding wolves, and harpa and Gorgonion. VF, areas of soft strike.
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Tarsos (BC 361-334) Stater - Mazaios374 viewsMazaios, Satrap of Cilicia, 361/0Â-334 BC. AR Stater (22.5mm, 10.57g, 5h). Crowned figure of Artaxerxes III in the guise of Baaltars seated right on throne with back terminating in swan’s head, holding lotus flower in right hand, lotusÂtipped scepter in left; B’LTRZ (in Aramaic) to left, M (in Aramaic) to lower right / Lion recumbent left; bow above. Near EF, toned, minor roughness on reverse. Very rare, and only the second specimen at auction since NFA XXV in 1990 (Triton XVIII, lot 88 was the first).
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Tarsos (AD 238-244) AE 36 - Gordian III372 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE36 (21.43g). Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Two nude athletes either side of high table with prize crown; amphora below. Fine/Near VF, rough brown patina.
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Tarsos (BC 379-372) Tetartemorion - Pharnabazos372 viewsTime of Pharnabazos and Datames, Satraps, 379-372 BC. AR Hemiobol or Tetartemorion (0.20g, 12mm, 11h). Helmeted male head right / Cock standing right between two stars; all within circular incuse. Good VF, toned. Extremely rare denomination.
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Tarsos (BC 164-27) AE 15371 viewsAfter 164 BC. AE15 (2.01g). M/ H - monogram, club tied with fillets within oak wreath / TAPCЄΩÎ, Zeus seated left, holding Nike in and scepter. Nice very fine.
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Tarsos (AD 211-217) Didrachm - Caracalla370 viewsCaracalla, 211-217 AD. AR Didrachme (5.27g). ΑΥΤ Κ Îœ ΑΥΠΤ CЄΟΥΗΡΟC ΑÎΤΩÎΙÎΩC, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΔΗΜΙΟΥΡΓΙΑ ΤΑΡCЄΩÎ, Demiourgia crowning emperor. Very rare. Very fine. Ex Lanz 141 (2008), 550.
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Tarsos (BC 361-334) Obol - Mazaios369 viewsMazaios, Satrap, 361-334 BC. AR Obol (0.56g, 10mm). Persian King siting right on throne, holding lotus / Lion attacking bull. VF. Rare.
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Tarsos (AD 238-244) AE 35 - Gordian III368 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE35. AVT KAI M ANT ΓOP[ΔIANOC CEB], draped, cuirassed, radiate bust right, seen from behind, in field Π-Π/ TAPCOV MHTPOΠOLEΩ, in the upper right field A/Γ, in the lower left field M/K, Herakles, bearded(?), nude, stg. facing, head left, resting with right hand on his club, holding over left arm the lion-skin and in the outstretched left hand five apples; left beside him a tree with twigs, entwined by a snake. Very rare, good F/about VF, trace of ancient smoothing process on rev. The coin is in the usual rough state of the coins of Tarsos. Hoeft coll.
Mythological theme: Herakles in the Garden of the Hesperids.
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Tarsos (AD 235-238) AE 36 - Maximinus I368 viewsMaximinus I, 235-238 AD. AE36 (19.59g). Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / nude Perseus, wearing winged sandals, standing facing, head left; Medusa in right hand, lyre and chlamys in left. Good VF.
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Tarsos (BC 379-372) Female - Obol367 viewsTime of Pharnabazos-Datames, ca 378-361 BC. AR Obol (0.59g, 10mm, 6h). Head of female, facing with curls / Bust of Aphrodite, wearing taenia, earring and necklace; hair in plaited queue. Good very fine.
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Tarsos (BC 379-372) Obol - Pharnabazos367 views4th century BC. AR Obol (9mm, 0.69g, 11h). Bearded male head (Ares?) right, wearing Attic helmet / Owl standing left, head facing, between two olive leaves. VF, toned, light porosity. Rare.
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Tarsos (AD 235-238) AE 36 - Maximinus I365 viewsMaximinus I, 235-238 AD. AE36 (18.58g, 12h). Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Veiled and draped bust of Tyche right, wearing mural crown. VF, brown patina. Very rare. Krizan Coll.
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Tarsos (AD 253-260) AE 35 - Valerian I360 viewsValerian I, 253-260 AD. AE35 (28.04g). Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / TAPCOY M-H TPOΠΟΛΕΩC / A/ M/ K/ B, Tyche standing facing, holding cornucopiae and rudder. Nice very fine.
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Tarsos (AD 238) AE 37 - Pupienus357 viewsPupienus, 238 AD. AE37 (22.32g, 12 h). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Emperor, togate, standing facing, head left, sacrificing over lighted altar at left. VF, green-brown patina, rough.
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Tarsos (BC 386-380) Obol - Tiribazos356 viewsTiribazos, Satrap of Lydia, ca 386-380 BC. AR Obol (10mm, 0.57g). Baaltars seated right, holding eagle and resting on sceptre; monogram behind / Baaltars(?), nude, holding short scepter and eagle. Toned, good VF. Scarce.
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Tarsos (AD 177-192) AE 32 - Commodus356 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE32 (18.55g, 12h). Draped bust of Commodus right, wearing dress of the demiourgos / Decastyle temple with eagle in pediment and KOMOΔEIOC across architrave. Near VF, dark green patina, minor roughness. Scarce. Ex Frederick Coll.
Commodus wears both the crown and the chiton of the demiourgos, the official who oversaw the operation of regional festivals and games.
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Tarsos (BC 425-400) Stater356 viewsca 410Â-385 BC. AR Stater (23mm, 10.51g, 1h). Warrior, holding two spears in right hand, on horse galloping left; to right, bee upward / Archer kneeling right, drawing bow; astragalos to upper left, rock to left, grain ear to lower right; all in dotted square within incuse square. Good VF, bright surfaces. Struck from worn dies. Very rare.
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Tarsos (AD 238) AE 36 - Balbinus355 viewsBalbinus, 238 AD. AE36 (24.31g, 6h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Pupienus(?), radiate, on horseback right, casting javelin at lion leaping right beneath with head left; A in legend, M/K and Γ /B in fields. VF, olive patina with light blue-green overtones.
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Tarsos (AD 253-268) AE 32 - Gallienus355 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE32 (15.18g). ΑΥ ΚΑΙ ΠΗΓ ΓΑΛΛΙΗÎΟΣ ΣΕΒ / Î - Î , laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΤΑCΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩΣ ΑΜΚ / ΓΓ, Nike inscribing shield with Nike ΕΙC ΑΙΩÎΑ ΤΟVC ΚΥΡΙΟΙC (Eternity to the rulers). A bit rough at places, good very fine.
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Tarsos (AD 235-238) AE 37 - Maximinus I353 viewsMaximinus I, 235-238 AD. AE37 (24.88g, 6h). Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Hercules standing left, holding Apples of the Hesperides(?) and club over shoulder; A/M/K and G/B in fields. VF, brown surfaces with traces of dark blue-green overtones, small pit in reverse, minor overall roughness.
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Tarsos (AD 198-217) Didrachm - Caracalla352 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AR Didrachm (5.34g, 24mm, 2h). Laureate head right / Athena seated right, casting pebble into urn set on low cippus. VF, toned, porous surfaces. Prieur citing only three specimens.
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Tarsos (AD 238-244) AE 36 - Gordian III350 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE36 (18.63g). Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopiae. VF, dusty olive-green patina.
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Tarsos (BC 386-380) Obol - Tiribazos350 viewsTiribazos, Satrap, 386-380 BC. AR Obol (0.60g, 9mm). ┤Ч Һ; behind Baal standing left holding sceptre and releasing eagle / Head of Ahura Mazda right. Dark hoard patina, very fine.
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Tarsos (BC 425-400) Stater350 viewsca 410 BC. AR Stater (19mm, 10.60g, 1h). Horseman riding left; to upper right, eagle(?) flying left / Archer kneeling right, drawing bow, in linear square within incuse square. Near VF, toned, some porosity. An apparently unpublished early issue. Krizan Coll.
This early stater from Tarsos combines elements of Casabonne’s type D2 (obverse with horse in walking stance) and G1 (reverse with archer and city ethnic). Chronologically, these two periods are successive, which makes such a seeming “hybrid†reasonably possible.
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Tarsos (AD 218-222) AE 23 - Elagabalus350 viewsElagabalus, 218-222 AD. AE23 (6.32g, 6h). AVT KA M AVP ANTΩNЄINOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / TAPCOY MHTPOΠOΛЄ, Ciliarch crown ornamented with seven imperial and divine busts, the letters ЄΛ and a monogram of the word KOINON; at the center of the wreath. M Coll. Very attractive green and sand patina. Nearly EF.
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Tarsos (AD 212-215) AE 35 - Caracalla347 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE35 (15.44g). struck ca 212-215 AD. Laureate head of Caracalla right / Koinonoboulion, between two temples surmounted by eagles. VF.
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Tarsos (AD 249-251) AE 26 - Herennius Etruscus344 viewsHerennius Etruscus, 249-251 AD. AE26.20 (10.84g). K VIN EPENNIO ETPOVC ΔΕΚ IONKE, draped, laureate and cuirassed bust right / TAPCOV MHTPOΠΟΛΕΩC, Pyramidal monument for Sandan over base decorated by horned animal heads (oxen?) and covered by a round canopy supported by two figures wearing large mantle and Phrygian helmet; above eagle. Very rare. Good fine.
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Tarsos (AD 249-251) AE 25 - Herennia Etruscilla344 viewsHerennia Etruscilla, wife of Trajan Decius, Augusta, 249-251 AD. AE25 (8.51g, 6h). Diademed and draped bust right on crescent / Athena seated left on curule chair, holding Nike and spear, shield at side; ΓB across field; AMK in exergue. Near VF, black-green patina, light porosity.
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Tarsos (AD 253-260) AE 31 - Valerian I342 viewsValerian I, 253-260 AD. AE31 (17.67g, 6h), struck after 254/5 AD. Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Tyche of Tarsus seated right, being crowned by Perseus standing left, holding harpe; to left of Tyche, Hercules standing right, below, river-god Cydnus swimming left. VF, olive-brown patina, adjustment marks.
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Tarsos (AD 236-238) AE 34 - Maximus340 viewsMaximus, Caesar, 236-238 AD. AE34 (13.69g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Athena advancing left, holding Nike, spear and shield. Fine, green patina with earthen highlights.
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Tarsos (AD 249-251) AE 33 - Trajan Decius338 viewsTrajan Decius, 249-251 AD. AE33 (21.56g, 6h). Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Hercules standing right, leaning on club set on ox head and holding infant Telephus, who reaches for hind standing right, head left; tree behind; A M K in exergue, G B in legend. Near VF, black-green patina with dusty blue-green overtones, light overall roughness. A rare mythological type.
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Tarsos (AD 235-238) AE 36 - Maximinus I338 viewsMaximinus I, 235-238 AD. AE36 (26.91g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Hercules standing facing, head right, holding chlamys and leaning on club; A/M/K in left field, Γ/B in right. Good VF.
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Tarsos (AD 222-235) AE 37 - Severus Alexander336 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE37 (20.54g). Draped and laureate bust right / Helmeted Athena standing left, holding shield and patera, altar above. Apparently unpublished. Good fine.
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Tarsos (BC 379-374) Obol - Pharnabazos336 viewsPharnabazos, 379-374 BC. AR Obol (0.77g, 10mm). Baaltars seated left, holding scepter / Bearded warrior bust left, wearing Athenian helmet. Nice very fine.
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Tarsos (AD 161-180) AE 32 - Marcus Aurelius335 viewsMarcus Aurelius, 161-180 AD. AE32 (18.03g, 12h). AVT KAIC MAP AVPHΛIO ANTΩNЄINOC CЄB, laureate head of Marcus right / AΔPAINHC TAPCOY MHTPOΠOΛЄΩC, Marcus, holding volumen in left hand, and Lucius standing facing one another, clasping right hands; star above, OMO/NOIA/ CЄBACTΩN between emperors and continuing into exergue. VF, dark green patina, light roughness in field before portrait. Levante Coll.
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Tarsos (BC 425-400) Stater334 viewsca 440-420 BC. AR Stater (22mm, 10.98g, 12h). Starap(?) on horseback left / Hoplite kneeling right, wearing Corinthian helmet, holding spear and shield; all within diamond-shaped incuse. Near VF, struck from worn dies. Rare. Krizan Coll.
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Tarsos (AD 254-268) AE 28 - Salonina333 viewsSalonina, wife of Gallienus, Augusta, 254-268 AD. AE28 (12.59g). ΚΟΡÎΗΛΙΑΠCΑ-ΛΩÎΙÎΑΠCΕ, diademed and draped bust right set on crescent, all within wreath / ΤΑPCΟV ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩC Α/Îœ/Κ – Γ/Γ, Aphrodite standing to front; she lays drapery on hydria beside her. Rare. Very fine.
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Tarsos (AD 254-268) AE 28 - Salonina332 viewsSalonina, Augusta, 254-268 AD. AE28 (14.66g, 12h). Draped bust right, wearing stephane, set on crescent; all within wreath / Cybele seated right, lions to either side of throne. Good VF, brown and green patina. Interesting with the wreath enclosing the bust. From Group CEM; ex Eduardo Levante Coll. (Triton VII, 1/2004), lot 811.
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Tarsos (BC 425-400) 1/3 Stater 332 viewsca 440-410 BC. AR Third Stater (13mm, 3.52g, 1h). Forepart of Pegasos flying left / Archer kneeling right, drawing bow; symbol to left; all in dotted square within incuse square. VF, toned. Very rare. Krizan Coll.; ex CNG 64 (9/2003), lot 329; Levante Coll., 57.
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Tarsos (AD 235-238) AE 38 - Maximinus I331 viewsMaximinus I, 235-238 AD. AE38 (24.96g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Nike standing on globe left, holding wreath and palm. Near VF, tan surfaces.
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Tarsos (AD 218-222) AE 31 - Julia Paula331 viewsJulia Paula, wife of Elagabalus, 218-222 AD. AE31 (14.46g). IOVΛIAN KOPNHΛIAN ΠAVΛAN CEB; draped bust right / TAPCOV THC MHTPOΠOΛEΩ ΓB AMK; Elagabalus and Paula standing confronted, clasping hands.
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Tarsos (AD 238-244) AE 35 - Gordian III330 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE35 (19.78g). Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Artemis standing left with bow and arrow, quiver over shoulder. Unpublished variant. Very fine.
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Tarsos (AD 238-244) AE 33 - Gordian III329 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE33 (21.52g). AVT KM ANT ΓOPΔIANOC CEB , draped, cuirassed, radiate bust right, in field Π-Π/ TAPCOV M - HTPOΠOL, in left field M/K, in right field A/B/Γ, Mithras in short military cloak and waving chlamys, as sun-god with radiate crown, kneeling with left knee on back of a bull, pulling with left hand its head backwards and holding in raised right hand the sacrificing knife. Very rare, F/F+. Hoeft coll.
The rev. depicts the so-called tauroctony, standing in the center of the Mithraism.
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Tarsos (AD 235-238) AE 36 - Maximinus I329 viewsMaximinus I, 235-238 AD. AE36 (28.62g, 12h). Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Hygieia, holding serpent and feeding bowl, standing left, and Aesculepius, leaning on serpent-entwined staff, standing right; between them, Telephorus standing facing. VF, dusty green patina.
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Tarsos (AD 117-138) AE 28329 viewsTime of Hadrian, 117-138 AD, or later. AE28 (17.18g, 12h). Laureate bust of Hercules right, club over shoulder / Perseus standing left, holding statuette of Apollo Lykeios and harpe. VF, earthen green patina. Krizan Coll.; ex CNG 51 (9/1999), lot 952; Lindgren Coll., 1621.
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Tarsos (AD 209-211) AE 37 - Geta328 viewsGeta, 209-211 AD. AE37 (25.52g). ΠCЄΠΤΙΜΙΟ C ΓЄΤΑC ΚΑΙCΑΡ, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΑΔΡ CЄΥΗΡΙΑΗC ΤΑΡCΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛ, Dionysos to left with Thyrsos holding kantharos, at his feet, panther, in exergue ΓΒ. Rare. Dark green patina, VF.
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Tarsos (AD 238-244) AE 36 - Gordian III326 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE36 (27.47g). Vs.: ΑΥΤ Κ ΑÎΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑÎΟC CЄΒ, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right in field, Î -Î / ΤΑΡCΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛЄΩC / ΑΜΚ ΓΒ, price crown inscribed ΟΙΚΟΥΜΕÎΙΚΟΣ with two palm branches on table. Green patina, VF.
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Tarsos (AD 249-251) AE 31 - Trajan Decius325 viewsTrajan Decius. 249-251 AD. AE31 (21.92g, 6h). Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Artemis standing right, drawing arrow from quiver and holding bow and arrow; at feet on either side, deer standing left and dog standing right with raised paw, head left; A-M-K in fields, G B in legend. VF, olive-brown patina.
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Tarsos (AD 238-244) AE 35 - Gordian III324 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE35 (23.91g, 6h). Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Homonoia standing left, holding phiale over lighted altar, and cornucopiae; A/M/K and B/ Γ in fields. VF, brown and black surfaces with traces of blue-green overtones.
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Tarsos (AD 238-244) AE 35 - Gordian III324 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE35 (25.95g, 7 h). Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Perseus standing right, holding harpa and cultus statue of Apollo Lykeios holding wolves; and fisherman(?) standing left, holding fishing rod (or spear?); basket(?) on ground between them. Fine, green patina, a little rough.
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Tarsos (AD 251-253) AE 36 - Valerian322 viewsValerian, 251-253 AD. AE36 (18.00g). ΑΥ ΚΑΙ ΠΟΥΑΛЄΡΙΑÎΟΠЄΥ ЄΥCЄ / Π− Î , radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΤΑΡΣΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩΣ Α/Îœ/Κ - / ΓΒ, Rome standing left, holding Nike on globe and spear, to the right, shield. Good very fine.
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Tarsos (AD 218-222) AE 27 - Elagabalus321 viewsElagabalus, 218-222 AD. AE27 (10.94g, 12h). Laureate head right / ΔH/MI in two lines within demiourgic crown. VF, dark brown patina. Krizan Coll.
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Tarsos (AD 238) AE 34 - Pupienus319 viewsPupienus, 238 AD. AE34 (22.51g). ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙC Îœ ΚΛΩΔ ΠΟΥΠΙΗÎΟΠCЄΒ / Î -Î , laurate and draped bust right / ΤΑΡCΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛЄΩC / Α / Îœ / Κ / Î’ Γ, Pupienus on horseback right, casting javelin at lion leaping right beneath. Dark green patina, VF.
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Tarsos (AD 198-217) AE 28 - Caracalla318 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE28 (12.70g, 6h). Mantled bust right, wearing demiourgic crown / River-god Cydnus reclining left, holding cornucopia and leaning on overturned amphora from which water flows; bull reclining at feet. Near VF, dark brown patina with green highlights. Spradling Coll.; ex Gorny & Mosch 118 (10/2002), lot 1803.
Caracalla wears both the crown and the mantle of the demiourgos - the official who oversaw the operation of regional festivals and games.
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Tarsos (AD 193-217) Drachm - Julia Domna318 viewsJulia Domna, 193-217 AD. AR Drachm (3.54g, 21mm, 7h). ΙΟYΛΙΑ ΔΟΜÎΑ CЄΒΑCΤ, draped bust right / ΤΑΡCΟY ΜΗΤΡΟ Α Îœ Κ, Nike walking left, holding wreath and palm. Very Rare. Minor flan crack, lightly toned. gVF.
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Tarsos (AD 249-251) AE 21 - Trajan Decius317 viewsTrajan Decius, 249-251 AD. AE21 (5.85g). Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Oak-wreath. VF, olive patina.
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