Hostilian, AE sestertius, 34mm, 20.62 gr. 250-251 AD.

C VAL HOST M QVINT CAES, bare-headed, draped bust right.
PRINCIPI IVVENTVTIS, S-C, Hostilian in military dress,
standing left, holding spear and standard. 

RIC 216b (this coin cited).

Very rare.

Contributed by Dr. Hubert Lanz, auction November 2000, 
Added July 2011.

Ex P. Barron/J. Evans collection, Hirsch auction 30 (1911), lot 1208; ex Vierordt collection, Schulman Auction 1923, lot 2275, 
ex Bauer collection, Glendining auction 23 (1963), lot 1396, 
ex "M.L." collection, Vinchon auction (1976), lot 156.