Aemilian. AE Sestertius. AD 253. 18.98 g. Rome mint. 

IMP AEMILIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
SPES PVBLICA, S-C, Spes walking left, holding flower and raising hem of robe.

RIC 39; Cohen 51; Sear 9858 var (obv legend). 

Rare. 

With permission of Münzen & Medaillen and partners, The New York Sale XXIII, Jan. 2010,
Estimate: $6,500