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)
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Δέκιμος Καίλιος Βαλβῖνος Σεβαστός Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Δέκ(ιμος) Καίλ(ιος) Βαλβῖνος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Decimus Caelius Balbinus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Balbinus, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription L Α
Edition ἔτους αʹ (ἔτους) αʹ
Translation of year 1
Reverse design Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 12.47 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference BMC 1845; D 4687
Specimens 9 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen 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.