RPC VII.2, 3002

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3002
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 ΜΗΤΡ(ΟΠΟΛΕ)(ωϹ), 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 the three Charites
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 25.21 g
Axis 6, 7, 12
Specimens 15 (7 in the core collections)
Note Coins https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/8481, https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/12729-https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/12677, and https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/144372 are casts from the same moulds with the curious ΚΑΩ for ΚΑΙΛ in the obv. inscription.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 242 = Nymphen u. Chariten p. 206, no. 22
2 2     P: 1378 SNG 1621
3 3     P: 1379 SNG 1622
4 4     P: 1380 SNG 1623
5 5     B: 18274153, Rauch
6 6     Mu
7 7     O: Douce
8 8     Winterthur: G 4719 GrMW III, 403 = Nymphen u. Chariten p. 206, no. 22
9 9     CGT coll. = ArtCoinsRoma EA 10, 25 June 2013, lot 466
10 10     CNG 51, 15 Sept. 1999, lot 956
11 11     CNG, the New York Sale 2, 2 Dec. 1999, lot 160
12 12     ✸ Gorny & Mosch 200, 10 Oct. 2011, lot 2238
13 13     Hirsch 189, 7 Feb. 1996, lot 749
14 14     Kunst und Münzen AG, list 59, Nov. 1986, lot 744
15 15     Tahberer 1556