Sale: CNG 76, Lot: 1573. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 12 September 2007.  Sold For $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Balbinus. AD 238. Æ Sestertius (21.08 g, 1h). Rome mint. 1st emission. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Providentia standing left, holding wand over globe and cornucopia. RIC IV 19; BMCRE 34; Banti 8. VF, attractive green patina, chipped around the periphery.

From the Alain Lagrange Collection.