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Contributor: David Sorenson.
Issuer: BALBINUS, AD 238. AE Sestertius (20.24 gm)
Obverse: IMP. CAES. D. CAEL. BALBINVS AVG., His laureate and draped bust right.
Reverse: P. M. TR. P. COS. [ II P. P. S. C.], Balbinus standing left, holding a branch and parazonium or sceptre.
Reference: RIC 16; Sear 2403. Grade: F+/AF.
Comments: For more information, read the "Balbinus" entry from De Imperatoribus Romanis.
For recent scholarship on Balbinus see TOCS-IN; for book reviews, see Bryn Mawr Classical Reviews.