Sale: CNG 76, Lot: 1593. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 12 September 2007.  Sold For $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Hostilian. As Caesar, AD 250-251. Æ Sestertius (14.71 g, 12h). Rome mint, 5th officina. 5th emission, AD 251. Bare-headed and draped bust right / Hostilian standing left, holding signum and reversed spear. RIC IV 216a; Banti 7. Good VF, dark green and brown patina, flan crack, slight die shift on obverse.

From the Alain Lagrange Collection. Ex Schweizerische Kreditanstalt 7 (27 April 1987), lot 955.