453, Lot: 584. Estimate $750. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Balbinus. AD 238. Æ Sestertius (29.5mm, 15.58 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; BMCRE 34-5; Banti 8. Green and brown surfaces, traces of earthen deposits, flan crack. Good VF. A handsome coin.