CNG 112, Lot: 644. Estimate $400. Sold for $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Balbinus. AD 238. AR Denarius (20.5mm, 3.16 g, 6h). Rome mint. 1st emission. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Balbinus standing left, holding branch and parazonium. RIC IV 5; BMCRE 26-7 var. (break in rev. legend); RSC 20. Toned, some verdigris. VF.