258, Lot: 440. Estimate $100. Sold for $110. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Hostilian. As Caesar, AD 250-251. Æ Sestertius (28mm, 18.57 g, 12h). Rome mint. 5th emission, AD 251. Bare-headed and draped bust right, seen from behind / Apollo seated left holding branch, resting left elbow on a lyre. RIC IV 215a (Decius). Fine, dark green and brown patina, minor roughness, clashed dies.