brm_311697 - HOSTILIAN Sesterce
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Item sold on our e-shop (2014)
Price : 320.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2014)
Price : 320.00 €
Type : Sesterce
Date: mi-fin 251
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 31 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 19,79 g.
Rarity : R3
Officine: 5e
Coments on the condition:
Flan épais et quadrangulaire. Beau portrait malgré une frappe un peu faible au revers. Jolie patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP CAE C VAL HOS MES QVINTVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé d’Hostilien à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A*2).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Cæsar Caius Valens Hostilianus Messius Quintus Augustus”, (L’empereur césar Caius Valens Hostilien Messius Quintus auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : SECVRITAS AVGG/ S|C.
Reverse description : Securitas (la Sécurité) drapée, debout de face, regardant à droite, posant sa main droite sur le haut de sa tête, et le bras gauche sur une colonne.
Reverse translation : “Securitas Augustorum”, (La Sécurité des augustes).
Commentary
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Historical background
HOSTILIAN
(+251)
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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