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)
Edition Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Δέκ(ιμος) Καΐλ(ιος) Βαλβῖνος Εὐσ(εβής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Decius Caelius Balbinus Pius
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Balbinus, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription L Α
Edition (ἔτους) αʹ
Translation of year 1
Reverse design eagle standing left, head right, holding wreath in beak
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 12.31 g
Axis 12
Reference BMC 1847; D 4689
Specimens 9 (2 in the core collections)
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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