CNG 106, Lot: 797. Estimate $3000. Sold for $4501. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Trajan Decius. AD 249-251. AV Aureus (20.5mm, 4.74 g, 12h). Rome mint, 5th officina. 2nd-3rd emissions, late AD 249-mid AD 250. IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust right / VICTO RIA AVG, Victory advancing left, holding wreath and palm frond. RIC IV 29a var. (also draped); Calicó 3300; Biaggi 1398; Hunter –; CNG 105, lot 943 (same obv. die). Near EF, underlying luster, faint marks in fields. Rare.