294, Lot: 757. Estimate $300. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Balbinus. AD 238. Æ Sestertius (30mm, 19.68 g, 12h). 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, brown and green patina.

From the Chiltern Collection.