398, Lot: 575. Estimate $200. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Aemilian. AD 253. Æ Sestertius (29mm, 17.07 g, 12h). Rome mint. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Spes advancing left, holding flower and lifting fold of dress. RIC IV 51 (R3); Banti 13 (citing 4). Near VF, green patina. Rare.

Ex G. Hirsch 323 (22 September 2016), lot 2571 (hammer of $618).