109, Lot: 239. Estimate $50. Sold for $216. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TRAJAN DECIUS. 249-251 AD. AR Antoninianus (22mm, 3.12 gm, 8h). Struck 249 AD. Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Genius standing left, holding patera and cornucopiae; legionary standard to right. RIC IV 4b; Hunter -; RSC 63. VF. Rare.

Decius' homage to his home province is a common reverse type in his second and third issues, but quite rare in his first (without C M Q in his obverse legend).