RPC VII.1, 567

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 567
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Miletus
Region Ionia
City Miletus
Reign Pupienus and Balbinus
Person (obv.) Balbinus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ ΚΑΙΛΙ ΒΑΛΒΕΙΝΟϹ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Caelius Balbinus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Balbinus, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΜΙΛΗϹΙΩΝ ΝΕΟΚΟΡΩΝ
Reverse design Leto hurrying, right, head left, holding Apollo and Artemis infants, each holding bow and drawing arrow from quiver
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Axis 6
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies. 1–3: same obv. die as 565.1/1–2, 565.2/3, 566.1/1–2.
Note A series of coins listed in the Consolidated Supplement I-III, 1992-2015 (nos 4, 5, and 6, with comment 'crude engraving') was removed from the list because they are fakes.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1882,0605.23 BMC 164
2 2     V: GR 32460
3 3     Gorny & Mosch 126, 14 Oct. 2003, lot 1828 = Peus 360, 17 Apr. 1999, lot 625