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841964. Sold For $975

Balbinus. AD 238. AR Denarius (19mm, 2.99 g, 6h). Rome mint. 1st emission, circa April-June AD 238. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Bearded male figure (Balbinus?) standing facing, head left, holding olive branch and scepter. RIC IV 5 corr. (Balbinus wearing parazonium); RSC 20. EF, toned.


Though thought to be Balbinus, the figure on the reverse of this type wears a beard much longer than that depicted on the obverse of his coinage.