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Price : 480.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2020)
Price : 480.00 €
Type : Sesterce
Date: 238
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 31,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 14,85 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan bien centré des deux côtés présentant un joli buste à l’usure régulière. Patine marron foncé
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Exemplaire provenant de la collection M. P
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP CAES D CAEL BALBINVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré, 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 Décimus Caélius Balbin auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : LIBERALITAS AVGVSTORVM/ S|C.
Reverse description : Liberalitas (la Libéralité) drapée, debout à gauche, tenant un abaque de la main gauche et une corne d’abondance de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Liberalitas Augustorum”, (La Libéralité des augustes).
Commentary
Poids léger. Rubans de type 3.
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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