Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 725. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 5 January 2009.  Sold For $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Balbinus. AD 238. AR Denarius (2.93 g, 12h). Rome mint. 1st emission. IMP C D CAEL BALBINVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / VICTORIA AVGG, Victory standing facing, head left, holding wreath in outstretched right hand, cradling palm frond in left arm. RIC IV 8; RSC 27; BMCRE 37-8. EF, lightly toned, underlying luster.

From a Gentleman’s Collection.