RPC VII.2, 2968

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2968
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Tarsus
Reign Pupienus and Balbinus
Person (obv.) Pupienus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΕϹ Μ ΚΛΟΔ ΠΟΥΠΗΝΟϹ (sic) ϹΕΒ, Π Π
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Κλóδ(ιος) Πουπ<ι>ηνὸς Σεβ(αστὸς) Π(ατὴρ) Π(ατρίδος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Clodius Pupienus Augustus Father of the Fatherland
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Pupienus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΤΑΡϹΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟ, Α Μ Κ Γ Β
Edition Ταρσοῦ Μητρο(πόλεως) αʹ μ(εγίστης) κ(αλλίστης) γʹ βʹ
Translation of Tarsus, metropolis, the first, the greatest, the most beautiful, (of the) three (eparchies), twice (neocorate)
Reverse design Hygieia standing right, feeding serpent from patera, facing Asclepius standing left, holding serpent staff; between them, Telesphorus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 24.90 g
Specimens 4 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Künker 143, 6 Oct. 2008, lot 631
2 2     MMAG FPL 204, Oct. 1960, lot 58
3 3     Münzzentrum 100, 8 Sept. 1999, lot 227
4 4     Stack's Bowers and Ponterio, 12 Jan. 2017, lot 5214