Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 1114. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $1750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Trajan Decius. AD 249-251. Æ Double Sestertius (35.90 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 249-250. Radiate and cuirassed bust right / Victory advancing left, holding wreath and palm frond. RIC IV 126a; Banti 29. Good VF, green patina, slight weakness at truncation of bust, traces of smoothing, carefully hammered around edge in antiquity for placement in mount. Rare.