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RIC IV Balbinus 19

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RIC IV Balbinus 19, Sestertius, Bronze, struck at Rome, 238–238 AD. Obverse: bust of balbinus, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right. Reverse: providentia, draped, standing left, holding wand in right hand over globe set on ground and cornucopiae in left hand. Weight about 20.5 g, diameter 26.5 mm.
obverse RIC IV Balbinus 19
reverse RIC IV Balbinus 19
mint Rome weight 20.50g (9)
ruler Balbinus diameter ⌀26.5 (7)
denomination Sestertius axis 10↕ (8)
material Bronze technique Struck
country Roman Empire dataset OCRE — Online Coins of the Roman Empire
ODC-ODbL
obverse

Bust of Balbinus, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right

IMP CAES D CAEL BALBINVS AVG
reverse

Providentia, draped, standing left, holding wand in right hand over globe set on ground and cornucopiae in left hand

PROVIDENTIA DEORVM S C
specimens (7)
British Museum 21.18g 12↕
British Museum (RIC IV)
British Museum 20.79g 12↕
British Museum (RIC IV)
KENOM 21.94g ⌀32.6 1↕
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 25.52g ⌀32.0
KENOM — Freiberg 16.15g 12↕

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RIC IV Balbinus 19 (ric.4.balb.19), 238–238 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-iv-balbinus-19/ (accessed: 2026-10-08). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA