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
Nominative Imperator Caesar Decimus Caelius Balbinus Augustus pater patriae
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Balbinus, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΤΑΡϹΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ, Α Μ Κ Β Γ
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
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