CNG 97, Lot: 711. Estimate $5000. Sold for $17000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Trajan Decius. AD 249-251. AV Aureus (18.5mm, 3.78 g, 12h). Rome mint, 4th officina. 2nd-3rd emission, 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 11a var. (bust also draped); Calicó 3283; Biaggi 1392. EF, lustrous, light marks on edge consistent with a previous bezel, a couple tiny marks in fields, trace of deposit on obverse.