RPC VII.2, 3003

 

Image of specimen #9

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3003
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Tarsus
Reign Pupienus and Balbinus
Person (obv.) Balbinus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ Δ ΚΑΙΛ ΒΑΛΒΕΙΝΟΝ ϹΕΒ, Π Π
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Δ(έκιμος) Καῖλ(ος) Βαλβεῖνος Σεβ(αστὸς) Π(ατὴρ) Π(ατρίδος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Decimus Caelius Balbinus Augustus, Father of the Fatherland
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Balbinus, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΤΑΡϹΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠ, Α Μ Κ Γ Β
Edition Ταρσοῦ Μητροπ(όλεως) 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 emperor, radiate, in military dress, riding on galloping horse right, with right hand spearing lion running right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 23.51 g
Axis 5, 6, 12
Specimens 13 (5 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1961,0301.416
2 2     L: 1925,1001.20 Tarsus hoard 78
3 3     P: 1382 SNG 1630
4 4     B: 18274150, 1859/19804
5 5     G SNG 2328
6 6     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 1385
7 7     Düsseldorf: 3539 Ziegler 746
8 8     Ayvagediği hoard 19
9 9     ✸ Bertolami Fine Arts 5, 14 May 2012, lot 670 = Gadoury, 1 Dec. 2012, lot 340 = CNG MBS 70, 21 Sept. 2005, lot 580 = SNG Levante Supp. 280
10 10     CNG EA 290, 7 Nov. 2012, lot 272
11 11     Missere 611
12 12     Private coll.
13 13     CGT coll. = NBS 9, 27 Nov. 2021, lot 279