Description: Hostilian (Caesar: 250 - 251 AD). AE Sestertius, Rome mint 251 AD. C VALENS HOSTIL MES QVINTVS N C; bare-headed, draped bust right / PRINCIPI IVVENTVTIS; Apollo seated left, holding branch and resting elbow on lyre; SC in ex.

Diameter: AE30 mm

Weight: 19,04 g

Grade: gF/F

Attribution: RIC 215

Commentary: rare; bronze patina, decent portrait

History: Hostilian, the son of Trajan Decius and brother of Herrenius Etruscus, was elevated to the rank of short-lived Augustus by Trebonianus Gallus, after his father and brother were killed by the Goths at the Battle of Abritus in 251 AD.

Article Number: 002-06-04-44953