342, Lot: 665. Estimate $300. Sold for $250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Hostilian. As Caesar, AD 250-251. Æ Sestertius (28.5mm, 19.34 g, 12h). Rome mint, 5th officina. 5th emission of Trajan Decius, AD 251. Bareheaded and draped bust right / Apollo seated left, holding branch and leaning arm on lyre. RIC IV 214 (Decius); Banti 2. VF, dark green and brown patina, some red and areas of roughness.

From the RAM Collection, purchased from Lucien Birkler, October 1991.