RPC VII.2, 3677

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3677
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 Nike seated left, holding wreath and palm
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 11, 12
Reference D 4685; M 3315a
Specimens 13 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 3111
2 2     NY: 1944.100.64922
3 3     NY: 1944.100.64923
4 4     O: HCR30805 M 3315a
5 5     A: 3963 (Demetriou)
6 6     CNG 91, 19 Sept. 2012, lot 798
7 7     CNG EA 428, 5 Sept. 2018, lot 320
8 8     D 4685
9 9     Emporium Hamburg 72, 13 Nov. 2014, lot 644 = Emporium Hamburg 67, 10 May 2012, lot 299
10 10     Figari & Mosconi 1381 = Titano 69, 8 June 1997, lot 294 = Ars et Nummus FPL Aug. 1973, lot 346 = Ars et Nummus FPL May–June 1970, lot 240 = DS 10174
11 11     J. Aiello coll.
12 12     NAC 88, 8 Oct. 2015, lot 671
13 13     Naville Numismatics 48, 7 Apr. 2019, lot 296 = DS 10172