279, Lot: 561. Estimate $200. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Balbinus. AD 238. Æ Sestertius (30mm, 18.86 g, 12h). Rome mint. 1st emission. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Balbinus standing left, holding branch and parazonium. RIC IV 16; Banti 7. Near VF, dark green patina, scrape across bust, flan split.

From the Bruce R. Brace Collection.