Wanted to share my latest from
Forum. My collecting interest is
Roman, and this coin is from
Cilicia. It however is very tied in with one of main collecting interests, the
Imperator era. I've been trying to add to that
collection. Most of the lesser remaining
Roman imperators are not in my
budget --
Labienus and the like aren't going to happen -- so I've started trying to get some of their allied client kings. I earlier got a Deiotarus (also from
Forum) and am waiting for a Juba from elsewhere. Here is a Tarcondimotus.
Tarcondimotus I (or Tarkondimotos) was a
Roman client
king of
Cilicia. He supported Pompey in the civil war against
Caesar, but when Pompey lost, he was pardoned by
Caesar and remained in power. He might also have received
Roman citizenship. After
Caesar was assassinated, Tarcondimotus allied first with Cassius and then
Mark Antony. He adopted the royal epithet Philantonios (Antony-lover) as an expression of
his devotion to Antony. He was killed at the battle of
Actium in 31 BC.
Tarcondimotus Bronze AE 22,
Cilicia, Hierapolis-Castabala (Kirmitli,
Turkey)
mint. 8.591g, 21.5mm,
die axis 90o,. as
king in Eastern
Cilicia, c. 39 - 31 B.C.;
obverse diademed
head right;
reverse Zeus Nikephoros enthroned left,
himation around hips and legs with end over shoulder,
Nike offering
wreath extended in right hand, long
scepter vertical behind in left hand, BAΣIΛEΩΣ downward on right, TAPKON∆IMO/TOY in two downward lines on left, ΦIΛANTΩNIOY in
exergue.
RPC I 3871;
SNG BnF 1913;
SNG Levante 1258;
BMC Lycaonia p. 237, 1 ff. A
FORUM coin.
My
Gallery:
https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/index.php?cat=40464