Details
LOT 3218
Trajan Decius AE Double Sestertius. AD 249-251.
Rome mint; struck circa AD 249-251. IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right, drapery over far shoulder / FELICITAS SAECVLI, Felicitas standing to left, holding long caduceus and cornucopia; S C across fields. RIC IV 115a; Banti 9. Very Fine. Smoothed and tooled.(31.16gr, 35mm, 12h.).
Provenance
Ex David Miller, 1970s.
From a London, UK, collection.
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