Triton XVI, Lot: 1117. Estimate $500. Sold for $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Balbinus. AD 238. AR Denarius (21mm, 2.97 g, 6h). Rome mint. 1st emission. IMP C D CAEL BALBINVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / P M TR P COS II P P, Balbinus standing left, holding branch and parazonium. RIC IV 5; RSC 20; BMCRE 26-27. EF, a few spots of hard green deposits on reverse.