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v21_3118 - HOSTILIAN Antoninien

HOSTILIAN Antoninien AU/AU
MONNAIES 21 (2004)
Starting price : 200.00 €
Estimate : 400.00 €
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Type : Antoninien
Date: 03-06/251
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 400 ‰
Diameter : 22,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,40 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 6e
Emission: 4e
Coments on the condition:
Flan large et irrégulier. Portrait magnifique. Frappe un peu molle au revers. A conservé une partie de son brillant d’origine
Catalogue references :

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.

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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