RPC VII.2, 2996

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2996
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Tarsus
Reign Pupienus and Balbinus
Person (obv.) Pupienus (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Pupienus (Augustus) ; Balbinus (Augustus) ; Gordian III (Caesar)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΕϹ Μ ΛΟΔ (sic) ΠΟΠΛΗΝΙΟϹ (sic) ϹΕΒ, Π Π
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) <Κ>λ{ό}<ώ>δ(ιος) Ποπληνίος Σεβ(αστὸς) Π(ατήρ) Π(ατρίδος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Clodius Pupienus Augustus Father of the Fatherland
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Pupienus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΤΑΡϹΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΩΛΕΟϹ (sic) Α, Μ Κ Α Γ Β
Edition Ταρσοῦ μητροπόλεως αʹ μ(εγίστης) κ(αλλιτάτης) αʹ γʹ βʹ
Translation of Tarsus, the first metropolis, first, the greatest, the most beautiful, first, twice neocorate
Reverse design confronted heads of Pupienus, laureate, right, and of Balbinus, laureate, left; between, laureate head of Gordian III, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 25.10 g
Axis 6, 7
Specimens 7 (3 in the core collections)
Note Although only Caesar, Gordian III is here depicted laureate.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1389 SNG 1634 = Wa 4664
2 2     B: 18274164, Löbb.
3 3     ✸ B: 18274166, 1876/601
4 4     B. Michaux coll.
5 5     CNG MBS 69, 8 June 2005, lot 1167 = SNG Levante 1117 = Vecchi 1, 1 Feb. 1996, lot 890
6 6     Peus EA 420, 18 Nov. 2017, lot 6555
7 7     Ziegler 750