Freeman & Sear - Gemini I, Session 1

      Lot: 424

      ROMAN EMPIRE: Trajan Decius. AD 249-251. AE double 
      sestertius (47.58 gm).

      ROMAN EMPIRE. Trajan Decius (AD 249-251). Orichalcum 
      double sestertius (47.58 gm). Rome. IMP C M Q TRAIANVS 
      DECIVS AVG, radiate, cuirassed bust right, seen from 
      front / VICTORIA AVG S C, Victory advancing left, 
      holding wreath and palm. RIC 126a. Cohen 115 (50 Fr.). 
      An unusually heavy specimen, about 25% overweight. Dark 
      green-brown patina. Extremely fine/good very fine 

      The average weight of Decius' double sestertii is about 
      38 gm (Callu, Politique mon€taire, p. 131). Of fifty-one 
      weights of such coins quoted from published catalogues 
      by Bastien (Monnayage de bronze de Postume, p. 26, note 
      67), only one is heavier than the present specimen 
      (50.46 gm), and one about equal (47.48 gm). 
      Estimated Value: $ 3,000 

...Sold for $2,750 USD [ approx 2090 EUR, 1457.5 GBP ] plus 15% buyers fee. 

Gemini I Auction Closed Jan 11-12, 2005. 

Re-used by permission of Freeman & Sear (www.freemanandsear.com) 
    and Harlan J Berk (www.harlanjberk.com).