RIC IV Balbinus 11
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Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
AD 238
Issuing entity
Roman EmpireMaker / issuer
Rome (ancient mint)Antoninianus in silver struck at Rome under Balbinus, AD 238, catalogued as RIC IV Balbinus 11. Obverse: Bust of Balbinus, radiate, draped, cuirassed, right. Reverse: Clasped right hands. Obverse legend: IMP CAES D CAEL BALBINVS AVG. Reverse legend: FIDES MVTVA AVGG.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 3
- Catalogue references
- 1
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- Silver
- Manufacture
- Struck
- Denomination
- Antoninianus
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Rome
- Issuing authority
- Balbinus
Design
- Obverse type
- Bust of Balbinus, radiate, draped, cuirassed, right
- Reverse type
- Clasped right hands
- Obverse legend
- IMP CAES D CAEL BALBINVS AVG
- Reverse legend
- FIDES MVTVA 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.11
- Catalogue reference
- RIC IV Balbinus 11
- Type corpus identifier
- ric.4.balb.11
- Source note
- The type record is Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE), the American Numismatic Society's digital edition of Roman Imperial Coinage.
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
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- Issue or mint date
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- Material
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- Weight
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- Mint or printer
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- Mint or printer mark
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- Catalogue reference
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Catalogue references
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- Diameter and die axis not transcribed
- Mint mark and officina detail not transcribed
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