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Live auction - brm_495753 - QUINTILLUS Antoninien

QUINTILLUS Antoninien MS
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Estimate : 250 €
Price : 150 €
Maximum bid : 175 €
End of the sale : 31 July 2018 15:13:56
bidders : 1 bidder
Type : Antoninien
Date: 270
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 30 ‰
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,59 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 10e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire de qualité excpetionnelle sur un flan ovale, un peu court sur la légende de droit. Beau buste de Quintille. Joli revers de style fin, de haut relief. Très belle patine marron foncé. Conserve la plus grande partie de son brillant de frappe et de son coupant d’origine
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la collection L. P

Obverse


Obverse legend : IMP C M AVR CL QVINTILLVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste radié, drapé et cuirassé de Quintille à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A2).
Obverse translation : "Imperator Cæsar Marcus Aurelius Claudius Quintillus Augustus", (L’empereur césar Marc Aurèle Claude Quintille auguste).

Reverse


Reverse legend : MAR-TI P-ACIF/ X | -.
Reverse description : Mars casqué debout de face, allant à gauche, le manteau flottant, tenant une branche d'olivier de la main droite et une haste de la gauche.
Reverse translation : "Marti Pacifero" (À Mars qui apporte la Paix).

Commentary


Poids très lourd. Rubans de type 3. Sans argenture superficielle.

Historical background


QUINTILLUS

(08-10 or 11/270)

Quintille, brother of Claudius II, was proclaimed august by the troops at Aquileia after the latter's death. At the same time, Aurélien is also cheered by the troops stationed in Sirmium. Abandoned by his soldiers, Quintille prefers to commit suicide.

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