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LIBERALITAS AVGVSTORVM

Reference : AYC #21, RIC 15
Weight: 17.67 grs
Metal: Bronze
Diameter: ?
Scarcity: Scarce
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

Liberalitas standing left, holding an abacus with the right hand and a cornucopia with the left hand.

Photo of a coin sold the 03/01/2012 by Heritage Auctions, Auction 3016, lot 23172, link to the sale and their website: https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/roman-imperial/ancients-balbinus-ad-238-ae-sestertius-1767-gm-/a/3016-23172.s?type=acsearch3016.

This coin shares the same reverse die as a copy preserved at the British museum, Museum number R.16565, lien vers la monnaie: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_R-16565.

The catalogu 47 of Adolph E. Cahn, 17 mat 1922, lot 859, describe a coin with reverse LIBERALITAS AVGVSTO - RVM, no photo, legend break to confirm.