RPC VII.1, 798

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.1
Number 798
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Philomelium
Region Phrygia
City Hadrianopolis
Reign Pupienus and Balbinus
Person (obv.) Balbinus (Augustus)
Magistrate Lucius (archon)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ ΔΑΙΚΙ ΚΑΙΛΙΟϹ ΒΑΛΒΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Decimus Caelius Balbinus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Balbinus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΕΙΤ ΕΠΙ ΑΧ ΛΟΥΚΙΟΥ ϹΒ
Reverse design Hygieia standing left, feeding serpent from patera
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Axis 5
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1204 Wa 6081
2 2     Meyer, ZfN 3 (1876), p. 148, no. 11