CNG 88, Lot: 1394. Estimate $300. Sold for $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Hostilian. As Caesar, AD 250-251. Æ Sestertius (28mm, 11.38 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 arm on lyre. RIC IV 215 (Decius); Banti 3. VF, brown patina, small flan flaw on obverse, slightly irregular edge.