Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 1458. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005.  Sold For $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BALBINUS. 238 AD. Æ Sestertius (22.31 gm, 12h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Providentia standing left, holding wand over globe and cornucopiae. RIC V 19; BMCRE 34; Cohen 24. VF, dark brown patina with patches of blue-green. Rare. ($500)