108, Lot: 271. Estimate $100. Sold for $137. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

HOSTILIAN. 251 AD. Æ Sestertius (27mm, 20.81 gm). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Salus standing left, holding sceptre and feeding serpent entwined about altar from patera. RIC IV 224 (Decius); Cohen 56. Fine, brown patina, surfaces a bit rough. Rare.

From the Rudolf Berk Collection.