243, Lot: 401. Estimate $300. Sold for $470. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Trajan Decius. AD 249-251. Æ Sestertius (29mm, 14.06 g, 1h). Rome mint. 2nd-3rd emissions, AD 249-250. Laureate and cuirassed bust right / Victory advancing left, holding wreath and palm frond. RIC IV 126d. Near EF, brown patina, two edge cracks, some doubling on reverse. A pleasing portrait.