Live auction - brm_588757 - BALBINUS Antoninien
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| Estimate : | 800 € |
| Price : | 450 € |
| Maximum bid : | 550 € |
| End of the sale : | 16 June 2020 15:05:54 |
| bidders : | 3 bidders |
Type : Antoninien
Date: 238
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 500 ‰
Diameter : 23,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 4,75 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 3e
Coments on the condition:
Très bel exemplaire sur un flan large et bien centré. Superbe buste, finement détaillé. La monnaie a conservé une partie de son brillant de frappe. Agréable patine grise de collection
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP CAES D CAEL BALBINVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste radié, drapé et cuirassé de Balbin à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Cæsar Decimus Cælius Balbinus Augustus”, (L’empereur césar Décime Caelius Balbin auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : PIETAS MVTVA AVGG.
Reverse description : Deux mains jointes.
Reverse translation : “Pietas Mutua Augustorum”, (la Piété mutuelle des augustes).
Commentary
Rubans de type 3. Ptéryges à peine visibles sous le paludamentum.
Type 3 ribbons. Pteryga barely visible under the paludamentum
Type 3 ribbons. Pteryga barely visible under the paludamentum
Historical background
BALBINUS
(02-04/05/238)
After the eviction of the Gordians in Africa, the Senate appoints two of its members to fight against Maximin. The descent towards Italy is stopped in front of Aquilée, where it is assassinated in April 238. Balbin, great administrator, remains in Rome while Pupien takes the direction of the military affairs. Despite this efficient distribution of roles, Balbin does not manage to get along with his colleague Pupien. They are first forced to adopt the last male survivor of the Gordian family (Gordian the Younger), promoted to Caesar in February or March. Balbin and Pupien are both murdered, possibly in late April or early May. The new chronology is based on the work of A. Chastagnol and his introduction to the History of Augustus.
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