CNG 109, Lot: 693. Estimate $2000. Sold for $2750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Balbinus. AD 238. Æ Sestertius (30.5mm, 23.64 g, 12h). Rome mint. 1st emission. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Providentia standing left, holding cornucopia and wand over globe at her feet to left. RIC IV 19; Banti 8. Near EF, attractive dark green patina, some minor cleaning marks.

From the Douglas O. Rosenberg Collection, purchased from Lucien Birkler, 24 September 1989.