CNG 87, Lot: 1055. Estimate $1000. Sold for $6500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Balbinus. AD 238. Æ Sestertius (30mm, 19.63 g, 12h). Rome mint. 1st emission. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Balbinus standing left, holding branch and parazonium. RIC IV 16; Banti 7. Good VF, brown patina, some green and red. Well centered.