brm_596382 - HOSTILIAN Antoninien
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Price : 280.00 €
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Price : 280.00 €
Type : Antoninien
Date: mars - juin
Date: 251
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 400 ‰
Diameter : 19,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,83 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 6e
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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 léger.
Lightweight
Lightweight
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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