CNG 105, Lot: 945. Estimate $5000. Sold for $8500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Trajan Decius. AD 249-251. AV Aureus (19.5mm, 4.33 g, 12h). Rome mint, 5th officina. 4th emission, mid-late AD 250. IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / VBERITAS AVG, Uberitas, draped, standing left, holding purse in right hand and cornucopia in left. RIC IV 28 (same rev. die as illustration); Calicó 3299; Hunter 19; Biaggi 1397. Near EF. Rare.