RPC VII.2, 3011

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3011
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Tarsus
Reign Pupienus and Balbinus
Person (obv.) Balbinus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΕϹ ΚΕΛ ΒΑΛΒΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ, Π Π
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κέ(σαρ) Κέλ(ιος) Βαλβεῖνος Σεβ(αστὸς) Π(ατὴρ) 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 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 Tyche standing left, holding Nike (standing right, holding branch and palm), and vertical spear, right foor on prow of ship
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 24.13 g
Axis 6
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     G SNG 2329
2 2     ✸ NY: 1944.100.54597
3 3     Demos 4, 26 Sept. 2021, lot 407
4 4     Roma Numismatics 4, 30 Sept. 2012, lot 2416 = Bertolami Fine Arts - ARC 4, 5 Dec. 2011, lot 287