From the Gemini IV Auction, Closed January 8, 2008.



                  Lot # 451 - Auction is closed.Estimate: US$875 / Price 
                  Realized: US$1300 
                  Balbinus. Silver denarius 



             



            Balbinus. (238 AD). Silver denarius (2.83 gm). Rome. IMP C D CAEL 
            BALBINVS AVG, bust laureate, draped, cuirassed right, seen from 
            front / P M TR P COS II P P, Genius of the Senate standing left, 
            holding branch and short scepter. (Many catalogues wrongly call the 
            figure on the reverse the emperor.) BMCRE 26. Cohen 20 (10 Fr.). RIC 
            5. Lustrous. Nearly mint state. 




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  ... Lot 451 sold for high bid of $1300 [ $1495, or approx 1031.55 EUR, 762.45 GBP including the 15% buyers fee.] 

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