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
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 Perseus standing left, holding Medusa head, harpa and chlamys
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 26.91 g
Axis 5, 6
Specimens 12 (6 in the core collections)
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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