CNG 99, Lot: 688. Estimate $750. Sold for $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Balbinus. AD 238. AR Denarius (20.5mm, 3.30 g, 12h). Rome mint. 1st emission. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Victory standing left, holding wreath and palm frond. RIC IV 8; BMCRE 37; RSC 27. EF, lightly toned, underlying luster, nice metal.

From the LJH Collection. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 54 (24 March 2010), lot 529.