Watch List notes:

Hostilian. Æ Sestertius (16.27 g.), as Caesar, AD 251. Rome, under Trajan Decius. C VALENS HOTIL MES QVINTVS N C, bare-headed and draped bust of Hostilian right. Reverse: PRINC IVVENT around, S C in exergue, Apollo seated left, holding branch and resting elbow on lyre. RIC 214. Smoothing in the fields noted. Uniform glossy chocolate brown patina. Very Fine. Estimated Value $300 - UP
Peter Corcoran Collection, Ex Empire Coins List 69 (February 1994), 139.