354, Lot: 565. Estimate $100. Sold for $360. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Balbinus. AD 238. Æ Sestertius (27mm, 13.20 g, 1h). 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. VF, brown patina with a layer of pale green highlights/deposits, old corrosion spot on the reverse.