RPC VII.2, 3012

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3012
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 ΤΗϹ ΜΗΤΡΟΠ, Α Μ Κ Γ Β
Edition Ταρσοῦ τῆς μητροπ(όλεως) αʹ μ(εγίστης) κ(αλλίστης) γʹ βʹ
Translation of Tarsus, the metropolis, the first, the greatest, the most beautiful, of the 3 eparchies, twice neocorate
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 26.02 g
Axis 6
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ C McClean 9119