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ID:     74000707
     [UNVERIFIED]
Type:     Roman Imperial
Issuer:     Balbinus
Date Ruled:     AD 238
Metal:     Bronze
Denomination:     Sestertius
Struck / Cast:     struck
Date Struck:     AD 238
Weight:     17.62 g
Die Axis:     12 h
Obverse Legend:     IMP CAES D CAEL BALBINVS AVG
Obverse Description:     Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right
Reverse Legend:     LIBERALITAS AVGVSTORVM / S C
Reverse Description:     Liberalitas standing facing, head left, holding abacus in raised right hand, cradling cornucopia in left arm, resting left elbow on column to right
Mint:     Rome
Primary Reference:     RIC 015 var. (no column)
Reference2:     Banti 002 var. (same)
Reference3:     BMCRE 002-3 var. (same)
Reference4:     Cohen 011
Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group
Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=97120
Grade:     Near EF, green and red-brown patina, fields very lightly smoothed
Notes:     Sale: Triton X, Lot: 707 This reverse is apparently unrecorded with the column next to Liberalitas. Special inaugural issue.