P M TR P COS II P P

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

Felicitas standing left, holding caduceus with the right hand and a scepter with the left hand.

Photo of a coin sold the le 30/01/2015 par Roma Numismatic Limited, E-Sale 21, lot 853, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2710793, link to their website: https://www.romanumismatics.com/.

Roma Numismatic Limited says ''apparently unpublished''. I think that since the RIC 6 describes this coin with Felicitas holding a short scepter, Roma Numismatic Limited gave this variant as unpublished. In my opinion the description of the RIC is simply wrong. RIC 18 gives "felicitas standing left as on no.6". And the RIC 18 is a sestertius showing a long scepter. So it seems logical to think that the RIC 6 is poorly described. The description of the obverse legend given by Roma Numismatic Limited is the legend ''IMP CAES D CAEL BALBINVS AVG'' ... It is not the legend noted on the coin (error) and it may be also what prompted this auction house to note this coin as "unpublished".

I noted "genius of the senate" on the reverse unlike RIC 4B which notes "the emperor standing on the left ...". Indeed, this character always appears at the same age and bearded whether it is for emperors bearded or not, young or old.