bpv_978766 - HOSTILIAN Unité
250.00 €(Approx. 260.00$ | 207.50£)
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Type : Unité
Date: 251
Mint name / Town : Mallos, Cilicie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 30,5 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 13,15 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Joli revers. Usure régulière. Patine marron
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : S VALEN OCTIL MEC QVINTVM C.
Obverse description : Buste radié, drapé et cuirassé d’Hostilien à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière .
Reverse
Reverse legend : MALLO COLONIA.
Reverse description : Tyche assise à gauche sur des rocher tenant des épis ; à ses pieds, deux dieux-rivières nageant dans des directions différentes.
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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