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AR23 - Pupienus and Balbinus L Α
| Issuer | Alexandria (Egypt) |
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| Year | 238 |
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| Composition | Billon |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | Tyche, the personification of Fortune and tutelary goddess of Alexandria, stands facing left in a full-length figure, wearing a kalathos (modius) upon her head and clad in a long chiton. She holds a long rudder in her right hand, resting it on the ground at her side, and cradles a cornucopia in her left arm, symbolizing prosperity and abundance. The regnal date L Α (Year 1) appears in the left field, indicating the first year of the joint reign of Pupienus and Balbinus, corresponding to 238 AD. |
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| Mintage | ND (238) |
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