Triton XXII, Lot: 1154. Estimate $10000. Sold for $11000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Trajan Decius. AD 249-251. AV Aureus (20.5mm, 4.11 g, 12h). Rome mint, 1st officina. 1st emission, AD 249. IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust right, slight drapery on left shoulder / D A C I A, Dacia standing left, holding in right hand a staff surmounted by ass’s head. RIC IV –; Calicó 3286; Hunter –; Biaggi –; Triton XI, lot 976 = NAC 24, lot 179 = Triton II, lot 996. EF, lustrous. Extremely rare.