280, Lot: 300. Estimate $150. Sold for $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Volusian. AD 251-253. Æ Sestertius (27mm, 15.10 g, 12h). Rome mint. Special emission, August-October AD 251. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / VOTIS/ DECENNA/LIBVS/ S C in four lines within laurel wreath. RIC IV 264; Banti 29. Near VF, dark green and black patina, surfaces a bit rough.

From the Nera Collection.

This type was struck as part of the special emission celebrating the elevation of Volusian to the rank of Augustus, by wishing him ten years of vows.