Description: Volusian (251 - 253 AD). AE Sestertius, Rome mint 253 AD. MP CAE C VIB VOLVSIANO AVG; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / PIETAS AVGG; Pietas standing facing, orans and with head left; lighted and garlanded altar to left; SC across fields.

Diameter: AE27 mm

Weight: 16.06 g

Grade: VF/VF

Attribution: RIC 257

Commentary: very rare; dark brown patina, good details

History: With Goths and Sassanids raiding deep into Roman territory and the army murdering their own emperors the reign of Trebonianus Gallus and Volusian marks the low of the Crisis of the 3rd Century.

Article Number: 001-05-02-44287