Sestertius
Balbinus
Roman Imperial
Roman Empire
238
Orichalcum
Diameter: 30.1 mm
Weight: 19.61 g
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Bequest of Emily Howe Hitchcock, Class of 1872HW
12.8.29173
Geography
Place Made: Italy, Europe
Period
1-500
Object Name
Coin
Research Area
Numismatics: Greek and Roman
Not on view
Inscriptions
Obverse: Laureate draped and cuirassed bust of Balbinus right; IMP CAES D CAEL BALBINVS AVG, left up, right down, inwardly Reverse: Frontal draped Providentia standing left, baton held in right hand over globe at right foot, cornucopia in crook of left arm; PROVIDENTIA DEORUM, left up, right down, inwardly; S C flanking figure in field
Exhibition History
Artifacts of the Roman Empire, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October 18-November 5, 1990.
Provenance
Collected by Hiram Hitchcock (1832-1900, Class of 1872H), Hanover, New Hampshire, date unknown; bequeathed to his second wife, Emily Howe Hitchcock (1852-1912), Hanover, New Hampshire, 1900; bequeathed to present collection, 1912.
Catalogue Raisonne
BMC, Vol. VI: nos. 34-35, pl. 45:35; Terrace 1958: p. 29, no. 31
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