CNG 84, Lot: 1190. Estimate $750. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Balbinus. AD 238. Æ Sestertius (28mm, 19.25 g, 12h). Rome mint. 1st emission. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Felicitas standing left, holding caduceus and scepter. RIC IV 18; BMCRE 32 note; Banti 6. VF, mottled dark brown and red-brown patina. Very rare: BMCRE footnote reads “The sestertius with this rev. C. 19 (Wiczay), has not been confirmed,” and Banti records only four examples.