Watch List notes:

Hostilian, as Caesar, 250-251. Sestertius (Bronze, 32mm, 21.14 g 12), Rome. C VALENS HOSTIL MES QVINTVS N C Bare-headed and draped bust of Hostilian to right. Rev. PRINCIPI IVVENTVVTIS / S - C Apollo seated left, holding branch in his right hand and resting left elbow on lyre. Cohen 31. RIC 215. A most attractive example struck on an unusually full flan and with a particularly nice portrait. Good very fine.


From the GH Collection, ex Leu 75, 25-27 October 1999, 1590 (sold for 2,000 CHF).