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Auction: 324 - The Numismatic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 143

Roman Provincial. Hadrian (117-138). AR Tetradrachm of Tarsus in Cilicia. 9.08 gms. Countermarked under Caracalla, 215-217. Laureate head right, rev. MHTPONOΛEΩC TAPCEΩN, Tyche of Tarsus seated left, holding palm frond, river-god Cydnus swimming below, c/m laureate head of Caracalla right, A-M-K below within oval punch. For type: Prieur 759, for c/m: Howgego 843, Prieur 777. The letters A-M-K in the c/m are an acronym for “The First, the Greatest, Most Beautiful” – epithets granted to the city of Tarsus upon Emperor Caracalla’s arrival there in 215. Very Rare. Minute deposit on reverse. Good Very Fine.

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