173, Lot: 457. Estimate $300. Sold for $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Hostilian. As Caesar, AD 250-251. Æ Sestertius (33mm, 17.97 g). Rome mint. Struck AD 251. Bare-headed and draped bust right / Hostilian standing left, holding standard and spear. RIC IV 216a. Good VF, brown patina, a little rough, irregular oversized flan.

From the Alain Lagrange Collection. Ex Monetarium 49 (Spring 1988), no. 167.