CNG 96, Lot: 832. Estimate $750. Sold for $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Balbinus. AD 238. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.27 g, 12h). Rome mint. 1st emission. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Providentia standing left, holding cornucopia and wand over globe set on ground to left. RIC IV 7; BMCRE 33; RSC 23. EF, short edge split. Struck on a broad flan.