CNG 97, Lot: 692. Estimate $400. Sold for $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Balbinus. AD 238. AR Denarius (21mm, 2.37 g, 6h). 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. Near EF, small die break on reverse.