[Sestertius of Emperor Decimus Caelius Balbinus] [realia].

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Title: [Sestertius of Emperor Decimus Caelius Balbinus] [realia].
Published / Created: [ca. 238]
Publication Place: Italy
Description: This sestertius, originally equivalent to the value of about four asses, was among the many hundreds of ancient coins in Walpole's collection at Strawberry Hill.
Title from dealer's catalog.
Date taken from dealer's catalog.
Laureate-draped and cuirassed bust r., rev., Victory aug., Victory standing facing, holding wreath and palm (RIC 25).
Balbinus, Roman orator, poet and statesman, appointed in 238 by the Senate as joint emperor of Rome and murdered the same year by soldiers of the Praetorian Guard at Rome. (The New Century Cyclopedia of Names, ed. Clarence L. Barnhard [New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts, Inc. 1954] col. 1, p. 318).
Text from the 1842 Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole: Didius Julian, rare; Albinus, 2; Caracalla, 2; Julia, Mæsa, Alexander, Barbia, Orbiana (very rare); Maximinus, Diva Paulina, rare; Maximus Cæsar, and Balbinus.
Provenance: Horace Walpole; 1842, May 4, Strawberry Hill Sale, Day 9, Lot 40, bt Dr. Rawlins, £3.3.0 (with 11 other coins); ?Holber and Veze Collections; 1901, March 20-21, Sotheby's, The I.I. Mason Collection, Lot 245, £10.6.0. Purchased by W.S. Lewis from Sotheby's The Henry Platt Hall Sale, Lot 1842, through Spink & Son, November 16-21, 1950.
Extent: 1 item ; diameter 3 cm
Language: Latin

Genre: Coins
Coins and medals
Material: brass?
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subjects: Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership

Access: Public
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Citation: Sestertius of Emperor Decimus Caelius Balbinus. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.