RPC VII.2, 3010

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3010
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 ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛ, Α Μ Κ Γ Β
Edition Ταρσοῦ Μητροπόλ(εως) 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 Tyche standing left, holding rudder on globe and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 27.12 g
Axis 6, 7
Specimens 5 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Bern SNG Righetti 1675
2 2     ✸ CNG EA 304, 12 June 2013, lot 275
3 3     Knopek 15, 7 Dec. 1979, lot 428
4 4     Naumann 63, 4 Mar. 2018, lot 471 (Vogl coll.)
5 5     SNG vA 6033