RPC VII.2, 3674

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3674
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 ϹΕ(Β)
Nominative Imperator Caesar Decimus Caelius Balbinus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Balbinus, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription L Α
Reverse design Homonoia standing left, raising right arm, holding double cornucopia
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 11, 12
Reference D 4683; M 3309; Geissen 2611
Specimens 12 (6 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1984.774
2 2     NY: 1974.26.4253
3 3     NY: 1944.100.64920
4 4     NY: 1944.100.64919
5 5     NY: 1974.26.4252
6 6     O: HCR30803 M 3309
7 7     Cologne Geissen 2611
8 8     CNG 105, 10 May 2017, lot 642
9 9     CNG EA 390, 1 Feb. 2017, lot 384 = CNG 41, 19 Mar. 1997, lot 1315
10 10     DS 12394
11 11     Figari & Mosconi 1380 = Ars et Nummus FPL May–June 1970, lot 239 = Kunst und Münzen 22, 2 Apr. 1981, lot 393 = D 4683
12 12     Gorny & Mosch 126, 14 Oct. 2003, lot 2109