RPC VII.2, 2982

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2982
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
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Clodius Pupienus Augustus pater patriae
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Pupienus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΤΑΡϹΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ Α Μ Κ Γ Β
Reverse design Perseus standing left, holding Medusa head, harpa and chlamys
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Axis 5, 6
Specimens 12 (6 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1874,0704.13 BMC 245
2 2     L: HPB,p132.4.A BMC 246
3 3     P: 1390 SNG 1637 = Wa 4665
4 4     NY: 1944.100.54605
5 5     O: Milne
6 6     ✸ V: GR 36367 Egger 46, 11 May 1914 (Prowe III), lot 2292
7 7     Bertolami Fine Arts - ACR Auctions 4, 5 Dec. 2011, lot 288 = CNG MBS 66, 19 May 2004, lot 1201 = SNG Levante 1112
8 8     Cahn 60, 2 July 1928, lot 1687
9 9     CGT coll. = CNG EA 410, 29 Nov. 2017, lot 192
10 10     CNG EA 109, 2 Mar. 2005, lot 122
11 11     CNG EA 169, 25 July 2007, lot 121
12 12     Tahberer 1560