RPC VII.2, 3008

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3008
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 Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Δέκιμος Καῖλος Βαλβεῖνος Σεβαστὸς Πατὴρ Πατρίδος 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 μεγίστης καλλίστης βʹ γʹ 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 Perseus standing left, holding Medusa head, harpa and chlamys
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 24.48 g
Axis 6, 7
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1377 SNG 1627
2 2     Bern SNG Righetti 1676
3 3     CGT coll. = CNG EA 297, 27 Feb. 2013, lot 184