Hostilian. As Caesar, AD 250-251. Æ Sestertius (27mm, 16.26 g, 12h). Rome mint, 4th/5th officina. 5th emission, AD 251. Bare-headed and draped bust right / Apollo seated left, holding branch and resting arm on lyre. RIC IV 215 (Decius); Banti 3. VF, brown patina, a few minor flan flaws, slight die shift on reverse.
This sestertius was struck with a reverse type of Hostilian’s brother, Herennius Etruscus. Hybrids of this nature were common in from the time of Philip I to Trebonianus Gallus.
