brm_433760 - HOSTILIAN Antoninien
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Price : 150.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2017)
Price : 150.00 €
Type : Antoninien
Date: mars - juin
Date: 251
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 400 ‰
Diameter : 23,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,14 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 6e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur flan large, éclaté et irrégulier. Très beau portrait. Frappe molle au revers. Patine de collection ancienne avec de légères traces d’oxydation
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : C VALENS HOSTIL MES QVINTVS N C.
Obverse description : Buste radié et drapé d'Hostilien 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 : CONCORDIA AVGG.
Reverse description : Deux mains jointes.
Reverse translation : “Concordia Augustorum” (La Concorde des augustes).
Commentary
Poids lourd.
Heavy weight
Heavy weight
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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