CNG 87, Lot: 1114. Estimate $300. Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Hostilian. As Caesar, AD 250-251. Æ Sestertius (26mm, 16.93 g, 12h). Rome mint, 4th officina. 5th emission of Trajan Decius, AD 251. Bareheaded and draped bust right / Apollo seated left, holding branch and resting elbow on lyre. RIC IV 215a; Banti 3. Good VF, brown patina, struck on a compact flan. Excellent portrait.