RPC VII.2, 2794

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2794
Province Pontus
Region Pontus
City Amisus
Reign Pupienus and Balbinus
Person (obv.) Balbinus (Augustus)
Issue Year ϹΞΘ = 269
Dating AD 238
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟ Κ ΔΕΚΜ ΚΑΙ ΚΑΛ ΒΑΛΒΙΝΟϹ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Decimus Caelius Calvinus Balbinus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Balbinus, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΑΜΙϹΟΥ ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΑϹ ϹΞΘ
Reverse design Tyche seated left, holding rudder placed on human head and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Axis 1, 7
Reference Rec 132
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1929,1013.490 Rec 132, pl. J, 4, ex Grand Duc coll.
2 2     V: GR 33693