300, Lot: 150. Estimate $100. Sold for $200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLANDS off IONIA, Samos. Trajan Decius. AD 249-251. Æ (28mm, 9.84 g, 12h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Warrior (Ancaeus?) standing right on prow, head left, holding shield and gesturing for troops to follow. SNG Copenhagen 1782 var. (slightly different arrangement of rev. legend; same obv. die). Near VF, brown patina.