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Live auction - brm_428575 - HOSTILIAN Antoninien

HOSTILIAN Antoninien AU/XF
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Estimate : 250 €
Price : no bid
Maximum bid : no bid
End of the sale : 02 May 2017 14:56:26
Type : Antoninien
Date: mars - juin
Date: 251
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 400 ‰
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 4,39 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 6e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et irrégulier bien centré avec les grènetis visibles. Beau portrait. Frappe un peu molle au revers. Patine grise superficielle, légèrement tachée
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la collection Boutin et de la vente du Credit de la Bourse (Y. Cellard), 19-21 avril 1995, n° 481 (avec son étiquette)

Obverse


Obverse legend : C VALENS HOSTIL MES QVINTVS N C.
Obverse description : Buste radié et drapé d'Hostilien César à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A21).
Obverse translation : “Caius Valens Hostilianus Messius Quintus Nobilissimus Cæsar”, (Caius Valens Hostilien Messius Quintus très noble césar).

Reverse


Reverse legend : MARTI PROPVGNATORI.
Reverse description : Mars casqué et vêtu militairement, marchant à droite, tenant une haste transversale de la main droite et un bouclier de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Marti Propugnatori”, (À Mars protecteur).

Commentary


Poids lourd. Rubans de type 3.

Historical background


HOSTILIAN

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Son of Trajan Decius - Caesar

Hostilian, second son of Trajan Decius and Etruscille became Caesar at the end of the year 250, perhaps when his brother Herennius Etruscus received the title of august. When Trajan and his eldest son leave Rome to fight the Goths and find death, Hostilian stays in Rome with his mother..

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