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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |Crisis & Decline| > |Balbinus| > SH26625
Balbinus, 22 Apr - 29 Jul 238 A.D.
|Balbinus|, |Balbinus,| |22| |Apr| |-| |29| |Jul| |238| |A.D.|, A.D. 238 was the year of six emperors. Maximinus Thrax was killed (along with his son Maximus Caesar) when his soldiers mutinied. Gordian II was killed in battle. Gordian I hanged himself. Pupienus was lynched by his bodyguard. Balbinus was beaten and dragged naked through the streets of Rome before being killed by the Praetorians. Gordian III lived to become sole emperor.
SH26625. Silver antoninianus, RIC IV-1 12, RSC III 17, BMCRE VI 74, Hunter III 6, SRCV III 8486, Choice gVF, full circle strike on a large flan, Rome mint, weight 4.887g, maximum diameter 24.0mm, die axis 0o, 22 Apr - 29 Jul 238 A.D.; obverse IMP CAES D CAEL BALBINVS AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right; reverse PIETAS MVTVA AVGG, clasped hands; SOLD











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