246, Lot: 427. Estimate $100. Sold for $165. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Hostilian. AD 251. Antoninianus (21mm, 2.84 g, 12h). Antioch mint. Radiate and draped bust right / Victory standing right on globe, holding wreath and palm. RIC IV 209b; RSC 67a. VF, porous.

The officina marks are very weak. There could be either two or three pellets below the bust.