CNG 93, Lot: 1212. Estimate $500. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Balbinus. AD 238. Æ Sestertius (30mm, 20.47 g, 12h). Rome mint. 1st emission. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Providentia standing left, holding cornucopia and wand over globe at her feet to left. RIC IV 19; BMCRE 34-5; Banti 8. Near VF, dark gray patina, areas of brown and red, slight doubling on obverse.