CNG 85, Lot: 1112. Estimate $750. Sold for $9500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Aemilian. AD 253. Æ Sestertius (29mm, 17.18 g, 11h). Rome mint. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Aemilian standing left, holding spear and patera over lighted altar to left; signum between him and altar. RIC IV 47a; Banti 9 var. (obv. legend). Good VF, dark gray patina, traces of red, irregular edge. Exceptional portrait. Extremely rare.