RPC VII.2, 3671

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3671
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 eagle standing left, head right, holding wreath in beak
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 12
Reference BMC 1847; D 4689
Specimens 9 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1861,1113.11 BMC 1847
2 2     NY: 1944.100.64926
3 3     Berk 100, 28 Jan. 1998, lot 679 = Berk 98, 7 Oct. 1997, lot 340
4 4     D 4689
5 5     Figari & Mosconi 1384 = Dix Noonan Webb 9, 28 Sept. 2010, lot 620 = DS 10180
6 6     J. Aiello coll.
7 7     Kovacs 5, 31 Aug. 1984, lot 261
8 8     Künker 89, 8 Mar. 2004, lot 1817
9 9     NAC 21, 26 June 1992, lot 520