Triton XVIII, Lot: 1192. Estimate $500. Sold for $2250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Balbinus. AD 238. AR Denarius (20mm, 2.71 g, 6h). Rome mint. 1st emission. IMP C D CAEL BALBINVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / VICTO RIA AVGG, Victory, winged and draped, standing left, holding up laurel wreath in right hand and vertical palm frond in left hand. RIC IV 8; BMCRE 38; RSC 27. EF, bright surfaces.

From the D. Fagan Collection. Ex Pegasi 109 (14 September 1998), lot 294.