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)
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 Nike seated left, holding wreath and palm
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 12.35 g
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