expat Posted December 28, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted December 28, 2023 I had never seen this type before and managed to pick it up cheap RPC Volume: III №: 2958 Reign: Hadrian Persons: Hadrian (Augustus) City: Tyana Region: Cappadocia Province: Galatia-Cappadocia Denomination: Æ (15 mm) 3.80 g. Issue: Year 20 (AD 135/6) Obverse: ΑΥΤΟ ΚΑ ΤΡ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒΑϹΤ; laureate head of Hadrian, right Reverse: ΤΥΑΝΕΩΝ ΤΩ ΠΡ Τ ΙΕΡ ΑϹ, ΕΤ - Κ (in field); Perseus standing facing, holding head of Medusa and harpa Reference: Ganschow 1014b Specimens: 10 Feel free to post anything relevant 5 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted December 29, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted December 29, 2023 I saw this or a similar one at auction and am glad such a cool coin is gracing such a valued NF members collection. Coingrats! That is one helluva harpa! Here are a couple of my coolest of everyone's fav lady killer: 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted December 29, 2023 · Patron Share Posted December 29, 2023 2 hours ago, expat said: I had never seen this type before and managed to pick it up cheap RPC Volume: III №: 2958 Reign: Hadrian Persons: Hadrian (Augustus) City: Tyana Region: Cappadocia Province: Galatia-Cappadocia Denomination: Æ (15 mm) 3.80 g. Issue: Year 20 (AD 135/6) Obverse: ΑΥΤΟ ΚΑ ΤΡ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒΑϹΤ; laureate head of Hadrian, right Reverse: ΤΥΑΝΕΩΝ ΤΩ ΠΡ Τ ΙΕΡ ΑϹ, ΕΤ - Κ (in field); Perseus standing facing, holding head of Medusa and harpa Reference: Ganschow 1014b Specimens: 10 Feel free to post anything relevant Cool!!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panzerman Posted December 29, 2023 · Member Share Posted December 29, 2023 Nice coins guys! Ancient coins have so many neat themes/ unlke our modern crappola coins. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Snible Posted December 29, 2023 · Member Share Posted December 29, 2023 (edited) The Perseus coins of Tyana are interesting and not well-studied. There is a pseudo-autonomous type, supposedly "time of Hadrian" although the engraving does not look as good as the Hadrian reverses. AE 19; 4.9g; ex-Alex G Malloy, auction LXIII, November 2001, lot 164. This Tyche of Tyana type is rare; only 6 specimens in RPC online. Mine is not included; I need to submit it to them. Can someone remind me how to do that? Here is a Hadrian type, same year as yours, that somehow manages to be both under-cleaned and over-cleaned: 15 mm, 2.6 gr; ex Biga Numismatics, Online Auction 1, 8 November 2020, lot 437 There is also a reverse design not seen elsewhere during Hadrian's reign, a harpa sword with the head of Medusa as the pommel! 2.46 g, 17 mm; RPC III 2956A (this coin cited) Edited December 29, 2023 by Ed Snible 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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