RPC VII.2, 3006

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3006
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 ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ, Α Μ Κ Β Γ
Edition Ταρσοῦ Μητροπόλεως αʹ μ(εγίστης) κ(αλλίστης) βʹ γʹ
Translation of Tarsus, metropolis, the first, the greatest, the most beautiful, twice (neocorate), (of the) three (eparchies)
Reverse design Heracles standing right, head left, wrestling against giant Antaeus and lifting him off the ground; below, club
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 25.87 g
Axis 6
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1911,1010.53
2 2     P: 1980.260 SNG 1629
3 3     CNG 93, 22 May 2013, lot 927 = M&M AG, list 416, Oct. 1979, lot 33
4 4     CNG MBS 76, 12 Sept. 2007, lot 1096