CNG 99, Lot: 696. Estimate $7500. Sold for $6500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Trajan Decius. AD 249-251. AV Aureus (19mm, 3.72 g, 6h). Rome mint, 2nd officina. 2nd emission, AD 249. IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / GENIVS EXERC ILLVRICIANI, Genius standing left, holding patera in outstretched right hand and cradling cornucopia in left arm; signum to right. RIC IV 16a; Calicó 3290; Hunter 9; Biaggi 1394 var. (obv. legend). Good VF, some light marks, underlying luster.