290, Lot: 272. Estimate $150. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CILICIA, Tarsus. Balbinus. AD 238. Æ (36mm, 22.84 g, 6h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Balbinus on horseback right, thrusting spear at lion below. SNG France 1630 (same dies); SNG Levante -; SNG Levante Suppl. 280 (same dies). Fine, rough greenish-brown patina.

From the R. D. Frederick Collection.