As - Balbinus CONCORDIA AVGG S C; Concordia

Features

Issuer	Rome › Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor	Balbinus (Decimus Caelius Calvinus Balbinus) (238)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Year	238
Value	As (1⁄32)
Currency	Antoninianus, Reform of Caracalla (AD 215 – 301)
Composition	Bronze
Weight	11.2 g
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 280611
References	RIC IV.2# 23 Harold Mattingly, Edward Allen Sydenham, Carol Humphrey Vivian Sutherland; 1938. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 4.2. Macrinus – Pupienus (AD 217–238). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. , OCRE# ric.4.balb.23 Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

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Obverse

Bust of Balbinus, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: IMP CAES D CAEL BALBINVS AVG

Translation:
Imperator Caesar Decimus Caelius Balbinus Augustus.
Supreme commander (Imperator), Caesar Decimus Caelius Balbinus, emperor (Augustus).

Reverse

Concordia, draped, seated left, holding patera in extended right hand and cornucopiae in left hand.

Script: Latin

Lettering: CONCORDIA AVGG S C

Translation:
Concordia Duorum Augustorum. Senatus Consultum.
Harmony of the two emperors. Decree of the senate.

Mint

Rome (ancient), Italy (?-476)

Comments

Example of this type:
Trustees of the British Museum

Source:
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
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ND (238)

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