Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 1459. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005.  Sold For $385. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BALBINUS. 238 AD. Æ Sestertius (22.82 gm, 12h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Victory standing left, holding wreath and palm. RIC V 25; BMCRE 40; Cohen 29. Near VF, dark green patina, light roughness, some smoothing. Rare. ($300)