Triton XVII, Lot: 770. Estimate $5000. Sold for $8500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Balbinus. AD 238. Æ Sestertius (31mm, 20.97 g, 12h). Rome mint. Special emission. IMP CAES D CAEL BALBINVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / VOTIS/DECENNA/LIBVS/S C in four lines within laurel wreath. RIC IV 20; BMCRE 7; Banti 10. EF, attractive original dark green patina. Rare.

Ex Numismatica Genevensis SA VII (27 November 2012), lot 393; Westfälische Auktionsgesellschaft 49 (9 February 2009), lot 213; Münzen & Medaillen AG 28 (19 June 1964), lot 444.