Triton XX, Lot: 827. Estimate $10000. Sold for $11000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Trajan Decius. AD 249-251. AV Aureus (20mm, 4.96 g, 11h). Rome mint, 4th officina. 2nd-3rd emission, AD 249-250. IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / ADVENTVS AVG, Trajan Decius on horseback left, raising right hand in salutation, holding transverse scepter in left. RIC IV 11a; Calicó 3283a; Hunter 5; Biaggi 1392 var. (bust type). EF, lustrous, small flaw on obverse, a few shallow scratches on reverse. Rare.

From the Continental Collection.