RPC VII.2, 2072

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2072
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Heraclea Pontica
Reign Pupienus and Balbinus
Person (obv.) Balbinus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟ Κ Δ ΒΑΛΒΙΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Decimus Balbinus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Balbinus, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΗΡΑΚΛΕΩΤΑΝ ΠΟΝΤΩ
Reverse design Hygieia standing right, feeding serpent from patera
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Axis 6, 7, 12
Reference Rec 200
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1844,0425.255.B BMC 56
2 2     P: 705 Wa 355 = SNG 357 = Rec 200, pl. LXI, 11
3 3     ✸ Bern: N/82.624 SNG Righetti 624 = Sternberg 11, 20 Nov. 1981, lot 246
4 4     Cast in BBAW (Arolsen)
5 5     Hecht, British Museum filing cards