CNG 85, Lot: 1018. Estimate $750. Sold for $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Balbinus. AD 238. Æ Sestertius (29mm, 24.70 g, 1h). Rome mint. 1st emission. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Providentia standing left, holding cornucopia and wand over globe at her feet to left. RIC IV 19; BMCRE 34-5; Banti 8. Good VF, attractive brown patina, some red, traces of green.