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RIC IV Balbinus 1

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

AD 238

Issuing entity

Roman Empire

Maker / issuer

Rome (ancient mint)

Denarius in silver struck at Rome under Balbinus, AD 238, catalogued as RIC IV Balbinus 1. Obverse: Bust of Balbinus, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right. Reverse: Concordia, draped, seated left, holding patera in extended right hand and cornucopiae in left hand.

Obverse legend: IMP C D CAEL BALBINVS AVG. Reverse legend: CONCORDIA AVGG.

Evidence at a glance

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Historical context

Decimus Caelius Calvinus Balbinus served as Roman emperor alongside Pupienus for three months in AD 238, during the turbulent Year of the Six Emperors. Introduced around 211 BC during the Second Punic War, the silver denarius was long the standard Roman silver coin before being gradually replaced by the antoninianus during the reign of Gordian III. Struck at the mint of Rome in AD 238, this issue presents Balbinus alongside the personification of Concordia, marking the brief joint imperial reign.

Physical characteristics

Material
Silver
Manufacture
Struck
Denomination
Denarius

Technical characteristics

Mint
Rome
Issuing authority
Balbinus

Design

Obverse type
Bust of Balbinus, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right
Reverse type
Concordia, draped, seated left, holding patera in extended right hand and cornucopiae in left hand
Obverse legend
IMP C D CAEL BALBINVS AVG
Reverse legend
CONCORDIA AVGG

Identification

How to identify
RIC separates types by mint and officina marks, obverse legend and bust form, and reverse legend and type; check the exergue and field marks against the RIC number before accepting a match.
Type corpus record
https://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.4.balb.1
Catalogue reference
RIC IV Balbinus 1
Type corpus identifier
ric.4.balb.1
Source note
The type record is Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE), the American Numismatic Society's digital edition of Roman Imperial Coinage.

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