RPC VII.2, 3662

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3662
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Pupienus and Balbinus
Person (obv.) Pupienus (Augustus)
Issue LΑ = year 1
Dating AD 238
Obverse inscription Α Κ Μ ΚΛω(Δ) ΠΟΥΠΙΗΝΟϹ ΕΥ(Ϲ)
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Κλώδιος Πουπιηνὸς Εὐσεβής Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Κλώδ(ιος) Πουπιηνὸς Εὐσ(εβής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Claudius Pupienus Pious
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Pupienus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L Α
Edition ἔτους αʹ (ἔτους) αʹ
Translation of year 1
Reverse design Nilus reclining on hippopotamus left, holding cornucopia and reed
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 12.11 g
Axis 12
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.64913
2 2     NY: 1944.100.64912
3 3     Emporium Hamburg 67, 10 May 2012, lot 300
4 4     J. Aiello coll.
5 5     ✸ NAC 88, 8 Oct. 2015, lot 669
6 6     Roma Numismatics 4, 30 Sept. 2012, lot 746