IMP D CAL BALBINVS PIVS AVG

Laureate draped and cuirassed bust of Balbinus right.

PROVIDENTIA AVG _ S – C

Providentia standing left, holding wand with the right hand with a globe placed at her feet on the left. With the left hand, she holds a cornucopia.

Photos from coin sold as modern fake by London Ancient Coins, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3221528, link to their website: https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/london_ancient_coins-89/ancient-coins/Default.aspx?#!/Home.

Imitation of the RIC 19 with errors in lhe legends. The obverse legend should be IMP CAES D CAEL BALBINVS AVG and on the reverse we should read PROVIDENTIA DEORVM. Informations of weight and diameter, die axis: 12h, from London Ancient Coins.