RPC VII.2, 2997

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2997
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Tarsus
Reign Pupienus and Balbinus
Person (obv.) Balbinus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΕϹ ΚΑΙΛ ΒΑΛΒΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ, Π Π
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Καῖλ(ιος) Βαλβεῖνος Σεβ(αστὸς) Π(ατήρ) Π(ατρίδος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Caelius Balbinus Augustus Father of the Fatherland
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Balbinus, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΤΑΡϹΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕωϹ, Α Μ Κ Γ Β
Edition Ταρσοῦ Μητροπόλεως 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 Apollo Lykeios standing facing, head left, on omphalos, holding wolf by forelegs, chlamys, arrow and bow
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 25.44 g
Axis 6, 12
Specimens 8 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1872,1103.4 BMC 239
2 2     P: 1539.39/RF 5908 SNG 1624
3 3     Cop SNG 380
4 4     ✸ CGT coll.
5 5     Kovacs 12, 30 Nov. 1995, lot 210
6 6     Peus 366, 29 Oct. 2000, lot 1009 = Hirsch 175, 23 Sept. 1992, lot 1235
7 7     SNG Levante 1110
8 8     Boston: 62.415