Quintus Antonius Balbus

Silver denarius of Balbus.

Quintus Antonius Balbus was a Plebeian politician of Ancient Rome. He lived in the 1st century BCE.

Balbus was praetor in Sardinia in 82 BCE, during the civil war instigated by Roman Republican general Sulla. Balbus held that province on the side of the populares , but was killed by Lucius Marcius Philippus, legate of Sulla, who successfully conquered the province to bring it under Sulla's control. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Coinage survives that was struck either by, or in honor of, this Balbus. The obverse of the serrated silver denarius represents the head of the Roman god Jupiter; the reverse reads "Q. A(N)TO. BA(L)B. PR." with Victoria driving a quadriga . ^[4]

Notes

1. Livy, Epitome 86
2. Mastino, Attilio (2021). "Ancient Historical Contexts: Phoenicians, Carthage, Rome and the Barbaricini". In Metcalfe, Alex; Fernández-Aceves, Hervin; Muresu, Marco (eds.). The Making of Medieval Sardinia. Brill Publishers. p. 50. ISBN   9789004467545 . Retrieved 2025-10-17.
3. Southern, Patricia (2023). Rome's Empire: How the Romans Acquired and Lost Their Provinces. Amberley Publishing. ISBN   9781445694337 . Retrieved 2025-10-17.
4. Grueber, Herbert Appold (1910). Coins of the Roman Republic in the British Museum. Vol. 1. British Museum. p. 344. Retrieved 2025-10-17.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain :  Smith, William (1870). "Q. Ampius Balbus". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology . Vol. 1. p. 455.