RPC VII.2, 2979

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2979
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Tarsus
Reign Pupienus and Balbinus
Person (obv.) Pupienus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ Μ ΚΛωΔ ΠΟΥΠΙΗΝΟΝ ϹΕΒ, Π Π
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτορα) Καίσ(αρα) Μ(ᾶρκον) Κλώδ(ιον) Πουπιηνὸν Σεβ(αστὸν) π(ατέρα) π(ατρίδος)
Translation for Emperor Caesar Marcus Claudius Pupienus Augustus father of the fatherland
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Pupienus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΤΑΡϹΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ, Α Μ Κ Γ Β
Edition Ταρσοῦ Μητροπόλεως α 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 Heracles standing right, head left, wrestling against giant Antaeus and lifting him off the ground; below, club
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 37 mm
Average weight 23.07 g
Axis 1, 6, 12
Specimens 12 (5 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1925,1001.22 Tarsus hoard 80
2 2     P: 1386 SNG 1639
3 3     B: 18274161, Löbb.
4 4     C: 458-1948
5 5     Mu
6 6     CNG EA 366, 13 Jan. 2016, lot 666
7 7     ✸ Gorny & Mosch 200, 10 Oct. 2011, lot 2239
8 8     Gorny & Mosch 225, 14 Oct. 2014, lot 1878
9 9     Heritage Long Beach Signature Sale 3042, 17 Sept. 2015, lot 32164
10 10     J. Hirsch 18, 27 May 1907, lot 2497
11 11     Ritter 90, July 2012, lot 446
12 12     Ziegler 749 = Sternberg 12, 18 Nov. 1982, lot 878 (part of)