Aureus - Balbinus VICTORIA AVGG; Victory
Features
| Issuer |
Rome ›
Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
 |
|---|---|
| Emperor |
Balbinus (Decimus Caelius Calvinus Balbinus) (238)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Year | 238 |
| Value | Aureus (25⁄2) |
| Currency | Antoninianus, Reform of Caracalla (AD 215 – 301) |
| Composition | Gold |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 280622 |
| References | RIC IV.2# 9 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.9Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/) |
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
Victory, winged, draped, standing front, head left, holding wreath in right hand and palm in left hand.
Script: Latin
Lettering: VICTORIA AVGG
Translation:
Victoria Duorum Augustorum.
Victory of the two emperors (Augusti).
Mint
Rome (ancient), Italy (?-476)Comments
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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