Triton XVII, Lot: 771. Estimate $750. Sold for $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Balbinus. AD 238. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.30 g, 7h). Rome mint. 1st emission. IMP C D CAEL BALBINVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / VICT ORIA AVGG, Victory standing facing, head left, holding wreath in extended right hand, palm frond in left. RIC IV 8; BMCRE 37-8; RSC 27. EF, toned, minor deposits on obverse. Nice metal. Great portrait.