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ID number: BIRBI-R1558 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Balbinus; Rome Denomination: Sestertius Place made: Rome Culture: Roman Date made: 238 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 3.05 Weight (g): 20.51 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 1807. J. H. Daniels, 12 Buxton Road, Brighton, Sussex, 1934. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Balbinus, wearing laurel wreath and beard, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Providentia, draped and standing l., holding wand in r. over globe set on ground and cornucopiae in l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP CAES D CAEL BALBINTS AVG (Imperator Caesar Decimus Caelius Balbinus Augustus). Reverse: PROVIDENɪT ΛDEORVM S C (Foresight of the Gods; S C - Translation Disputed).
Bibliography: RIC IV 19
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