Wonderful Portrait

Sale: CNG 76, Lot: 1589. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 12 September 2007.  Sold For $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Trajan Decius. AD 249-251. Æ Sestertius (16.16 g, 12h). Rome mint, 3rd officina. 3rd emission, AD 250. Laureate and cuirassed bust right / The two Pannoniae standing facing, one with head left, the other head right, each holding a signum. RIC IV 124a; Banti 22. Near EF, red-brown and green patina. Wonderful portrait.

From the Alain Lagrange Collection.