RPC VII.2, 2071

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2071
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Heraclea Pontica
Reign Pupienus and Balbinus
Person (obv.) Balbinus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟ Κ Δ ΒΑΛΒΙΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Edition Αὐτο(κράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Δ(έκιμος) Βαλβῖνος Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Decimus Balbinus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Balbinus, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΗΡΑΚΛΕΩΤΑΝ ΠΟΝΤΩ
Edition Ἡρακλεωτᾶν Πόντῳ
Translation of the Heracleans in Pontus
Reverse design Dionysus standing left, holding cantharus and thyrsus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 5.50 g
Axis 6, 7, 8
Reference Rec 201
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 706 SNG 359 = Rec 201, pl. LXI, 12
2 2     O
3 3     ✸ CNG 51, 15 Sept. 1999, lot 862 = Lindgren I, 122 = Nomos obolos 20, 3 Oct. 2021, lot 294
4 4     Naumann 68, 5 Aug. 2018, lot 250
5 5     P. Kemppinen coll. = CNG 53, 15 Mar. 2000, lot 1073
6 6     SNG vA 416