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ID number: BIRBI-R1554 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Balbinus; Rome Denomination: Denarius Place made: Rome Culture: Roman Date made: 238 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 2.00 Weight (g): 2.83 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 2814. Spink, 1953. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Balbinus, wearing laurel wreath and beard, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Victory, winged and draped, standing frontally, head facing l., holding wreath in r. and palm in l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP C D CAEL BALBINVS AVG (Imperator Caesar Decimus Caelius Balbinus Augustus). Reverse: VICT-ORI∆ AVGG (Victory of the Emperors).
Bibliography: RIC IV 8
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