LIBERALITAS AVGVSTORVM

Reference : AYC #20, RIC 14

Weight: 19.58 grs

Metal: Bronze

Diameter: ?

Scarcity: Very rare

Type:

Obverse

Reverse

IMP CAES D CAEL BALBINVS AVG

Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Balbinus to the right, seen from three quarters ahead.

LIBERALITAS AVGVSTORVM _ S – C

A citizen kneeling and raising his arms to a platform where are from left to right: Liberalitas standing, holding an abacus and a cornucopia; Pupienus, Balbinus and Gordian III seated. Behind them is a soldier standing and holding a spear.

Photo of a coin sold the 04/01/2010 by Classical Numismatic Group, Triton XIII, lot 1503, link to the sale and their website: https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=154098.

I noticed a reverse die link between two sestertii of Balbinus and Pupienus, both preserved at the British museum (I don't know if anyone had noticed this link before). The reverse die is different from the coin shown here. Here are the two coins:

Balbinus, Museum number R.16566: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_R-16566.

Pupienus: Museum number 1869,0507.20: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_1869-0507-20. Coin purchased from Rollin et Feu-ardent in 1869, ex collection Lee.