RPC VII.2, 2794

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2794
Province Pontus
Region Pontus
City Amisus
Reign Pupienus and Balbinus
Person (obv.) Balbinus (Augustus)
Issue Year ϹΞΘ = 269
Dating AD 238
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟ Κ ΔΕΚΜ ΚΑΙ ΚΑΛ ΒΑΛΒΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτο(κράτορ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Δέκ<ι>μ(ος) Καί(λιος) Καλ(ουῖνος) Βαλβῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Decimus Caelius Calvinus Balbinus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Balbinus, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΑΜΙϹΟΥ ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΑϹ ϹΞΘ
Edition Ἀμισοῦ ἐλευθέρας σξθʹ
Translation of free Amisus, 269
Reverse design Tyche seated left, holding rudder placed on human head and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 24.32 g
Axis 1, 7
Reference Rec 132
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1929,1013.490 Rec 132, pl. J, 4, ex Grand Duc coll.
2 2     V: GR 33693