Two Choice Trajan Decius Aureii

Triton XVII, Lot: 774. Estimate $15000. Sold for $30000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Trajan Decius. AD 249-251. AV Aureus (20mm, 4.34 g, 6h). Rome mint, 4th officina. 2nd-3rd emissions, AD 249-250. IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust right / ADVENTVS AVG, Trajan Decius on horseback left, raising right hand in salutation, holding scepter in left. RIC IV 11 var. (bust also draped); Calicó 3283; Biaggi 1392; Hunter –. EF, lustrous.