Triton XVIII, Lot: 1191. Estimate $750. Sold for $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Balbinus. AD 238. AR Denarius (21.5mm, 3.03 g, 12h). Rome mint. 1st emission. IMP C D CAEL BALBINVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / PROVIDENTIA DEORVM, Providentia, draped, standing left, holding cornucopia in left hand and wand in right hand over globe set on ground to left, fold of drapery over left arm. RIC IV 7; BMCRE 33; RSC 23. EF, lustrous. Well centered and struck on a broad flan.

From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex Leu 72 (12 May 1998), lot 495.