CNG 90, Lot: 1650. Estimate $500. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Balbinus. AD 238. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.10 g, 12h). Rome mint. 1st emission. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Balbinus standing left, holding branch and parazonium. RIC IV 5; BMCRE 26-7; RSC 20. Near EF, traces of green deposits. Well centered on a broad flan.