EGYPT, Alexandria. Balbinus. AD 238. BI Tetradrachm (24mm, 13.04 g, 11h). Dated RY 1 (AD 238). VF.

Triton XXVII
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Balbinus. AD 238. BI Tetradrachm (24mm, 13.04 g, 11h). Dated RY 1 (AD 238). A K ΔЄK KAIΛ BAΛBINOC ЄYC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from the front / Homonoia standing facing, head left, raising right hand and holding double cornucopia in right; L A (date) to lower left. Köln 2611 var. (obv. legend ends EV); Dattari (Savio) 10171 = RPC VII.2 3673.2 (this coin); K&G 70.7 var. (same); Emmett 3374.1 (R4). Dark brown patina with underlying luster, minor roughness. VF. Very rare, only five known to RPC, including this coin.

From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Auctions IV (21 September 1988), lot 317; Giovanni Dattari Collection, no. 10171.


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