309, Lot: 359. Estimate $300. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Trajan Decius. AD 249-251. Æ Sestertius (30mm, 16.32 g, 1h). Rome mint. 2nd-3rd emissions, AD 249-250. IMP CAES C MESS TRAI Q DECIO AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Victory advancing left, holding wreath and palm frond. RIC IV 108c; Banti 33 note. Good VF, gray-brown patina, flan crack at 3 o’clock, double strike on reverse. Rare obverse legend.

Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 271 (11 January 2012), lot 518.