Hostilian, as Caesar, Æ Sestertius. Rome, AD 251. C VALENS HOSSTIL MES QVINTVS N C (sic), bare-headed and draped bust to right / PRINCIPI IVVENTVTIS, Apollo seated to left, holding branch and resting elbow on lyre; [SC] in exergue. RIC IV 215a (Decius); C. 31. 14.15g, 30mm, 1h.
Very Fine; flan crack at 8h, obverse die shift.
From a private UK collection.