Record ID: HAMP-DECD4A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman provincial copper-alloy coin of Tabae, Caria (Turkey), dating to the period AD 253-268. The edge of the flan has been bent and damaged. This is probably recent damage, the coin appearing to have been disturbed by dredging activity, which would both account for its patina (from a waterlogged context) and also suggest it is likely a genuine ancient loss. Obverse: IEPOC ΔHMOC, youthful, laureate, draped bust right; B before. Reverse: TAB-HNΩN, Tyche standing left holding rudder and cornucopiae. Cf. BMC 50; see also SNG Copenhagen nos. 546-547; SNG von Aulock no.2711; S…
Created on: Tuesday 16th January 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 4th April 2018
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