RPC VII.2, 3669

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3669
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Pupienus and Balbinus
Person (obv.) Balbinus (Augustus)
Issue LΑ = year 1
Dating AD 238
Obverse inscription Α Κ ΔΕΚ ΚΑΙΛ ΒΑΛΒΙΝΟϹ Ε(Υ)(Ϲ)
Nominative Imperator Caesar Decimus Caelius Balbinus Pius
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Balbinus, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription L - Α
Reverse design Athena standing, facing, head left, holding spear and shield on ground
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 7, 11, 12
Reference BMC 1841; D 4680
Specimens 12 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1860,0327.217 BMC 1841
2 2     P: 3106
3 3     ✸ B: 18275240, 1891/440
4 4     NY: 1935.117.869
5 5     A: 3956 (Demetriou)
6 6     Brand FPL 3, 20003, lot 458 = DS 10167
7 7     CNG 47, 16 Sept. 1998, lot 1027
8 8     Figari & Mosconi 1377 = Ars et Nummus FPL March–April 1973, lot 249 = DS 10168
9 9     Figari & Mosconi 1378 = CNG MBS 70, 21 Sept. 2005, lot 618 = D 4680
10 10     J. Aiello coll.
11 11     Malloy 14, 2 July 1979, lot 491
12 12     NFA 29, 13 Aug. 1992, lot 413