Live auction - bpv_1017490 - HOSTILIAN Sesterce

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bpv_1017490

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Type : Sesterce

Date: an 12

Mint name / Town : Viminacium, Mésie Supérieure

Metal : copper

Diameter : 27 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 12,24 g.

Rarity : R2

Coments on the condition:

Monnaie centrée à l’usure importante mais régulière. Buste agréable. Patine foncée

Catalogue references :

BMC.- - SNG/H.- - AMNG. 1/- - Varbonov201 (R8) (300€) - Kotschev4 /04-3

Obverse

Obverse legend : C VAI HOST M QVIHTVS AVG (SIC!).

Obverse description : Buste drapé et cuirassé, tête nue d’Hostilien à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A°2).

Obverse translation : “Caius Valens Hostilianus Messius Quintus”, (Caius Valens Hostilien Messius Quintus).

Reverse

Reverse legend : P M S C-OL VIM// AN XII.

Reverse description : La Mésie debout de face tournée à gauche, la main gauche tendue et tenant une corne d’abondance de la main droite ; de part et d’autre, un taureau à gauche tourné à droite et un lion à droite tourné à gauche.

Reverse translation : “Provinciæ Moesiæ Superioris Colonia Viminacium/ anno duodecimum”, (Province de Mésie Supérieure colonie de Viminacium/ an douzième).