445, Lot: 476. Estimate $1000. Sold for $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Balbinus. AD 238. Æ Sestertius (32mm, 18.32 g, 12h). Rome mint. 1st emission. IMP CAES D CAEL BALBINVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / P M TR P COS II P P, Balbinus standing left, holding olive branch and parazonium; S C across field. RIC IV 16; BMCRE 28; Banti 7. VF, attractive light green patina. Well centered on a broad flan.