★ Rare provincial issue of Balbinus, ex Lindgren collection ★

BITHYNIA. Heraclaea Pontica. Balbinus, 238. Tetrassarion (Bronze, 23 mm, 5.62 g, 8 h). AYTO K Δ ΒΑΛΒΙΝΟC Α(ΥΓ) Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Balbinus to right; c/m: Δ within triangular incuse. Rev. ΗΡΑΚΛΕΩΤΑΝ ΠOΝΤΩ Dionysos standing facing, head turned to left, holding kantharos in his right hand and thyrsos with his left. BMC -. RG 201, pl. LXI, 12 ( same dies ). Lingren & Kovacs 122 ( this coin ). SNG Copenhagen -. SNG von Aulock 416 ( same dies ); for countermark: Howgego 789. Rare provincial issue of Balbinus. Good fine.

From the Vineyard Collection, acquired in September 1999, and from the collection of Henry Clay Lindgren.