RPC VII.2, 2975

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2975
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Tarsus
Reign Pupienus and Balbinus
Person (obv.) Pupienus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΕϹ Μ ΛΟΔ (sic) ΠΟΥΠΗΝΙΟϹ (sic) ϹΕΒ, Π Π
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κέ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) <Κ>λ{ό}<ώ>δ(ιος) Πουπ<ι>ην{ι}ὸς Σεβ(αστὸς) Π(ατὴρ) Π(ατρίδος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Clodius Pupienus Augustus Father of the Fatherland
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Pupienus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΤΑΡϹΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ Α Μ Κ Γ Β
Edition Ταρσοῦ Μητροπόλεως 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 Genius Senatus (or the emperor?), veiled and togate, standing left, hand over altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 26.54 g
Axis 12
Specimens 6 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1869,0701.11 BMC 250
2 2     L: 1925,1001.26 Tarsus hoard 86
3 3     P: 429 SNG 1631
4 4     CNG EA 134, 1 Mar. 2006, lot 267 = SNG Levante 1113
5 5     Linnartz, FPL 20, Autumn 1999, lot 129
6 6     ✸ Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 9, 3 Nov. 2013, lot 364