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Live auction - brm_569232 - BALBINUS Antoninien

BALBINUS Antoninien AU/AU
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Estimate : 800 €
Price : no bid
Maximum bid : no bid
End of the sale : 10 March 2020 15:08:26
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

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.

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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