RPC VII.2, 3682

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3682
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 Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 22 mm
Axis 11, 12
Reference BMC 1845; D 4687
Specimens 9 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1864,1118.749 BMC 1845
2 2     ✸ P: 3110
3 3     B: 18275245, Löbb.
4 4     B: 18275243, 1892/96
5 5     A: 3957 (Demetriou)
6 6     CNG EA 378, 13 July 2016, lot 389
7 7     D 4687
8 8     Elsen 61, 18 Mar. 2000, lot 878
9 9     J. Aiello coll.