RPC VII.2, 3005

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3005
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 Genius Senatus (or the emperor?), laureate and togate, standing facing, head left, holding branch and short sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 25.27 g
Axis 6, 7
Specimens 6 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1975,1005.3
2 2     CNG MBS 69, 8 June 2005, lot 1165 = SNG Levante 1111
3 3     CNG MBS 72, 14 June 2006, lot 1205
4 4     Hirsch 258, 25 Sept. 2008, lot 2645
5 5     ✸ Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 32, 7 June 2015, lot 348
6 6     Peus 420, 1 Nov. 2017, lot 422 = Bertolami Fine Arts EA 9, 2013, lot 210