Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1065. Estimate $3000.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $3200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TRAJAN DECIUS. 249-251 AD. Æ Double Sestertius (54.63 gm, 12h). Struck 249 AD. IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust right, slight drapery on left shoulder, seen from front / FELIC[I]TAS SAECVLI, S C across field, Felicitas standing left, holding a long caduceus in right hand and cornucopiae in left hand. RIC IV 115; Pink IV, pg. 17; Banti 9; cf. Hunter 46; Cohen 39. Good VF, mottled emerald green and black-green patina, small patina chip, flan crack. One of the heaviest examples recorded. ($3000)

From the Michael Weller Collection.