CNG 85, Lot: 1104. Estimate $300. Sold for $235. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Hostilian. As Caesar, AD 250-251. Æ Sestertius (26mm, 11.51 g, 12h). Rome mint. 5th emission, AD 251. Bareheaded and draped bust right / Apollo seated left, holding branch and leaning arm on lyre. RIC IV 214; Banti 2. VF, dark brown and red patina, slight die shift on obverse.