E-auction 96-50051 - brm_161980 - QUINTILLUS Antoninien
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| Estimate : | 75 € |
| Price : | 18 € |
| Maximum bid : | 20 € |
| End of the sale : | 16 February 2015 15:20:00 |
| bidders : | 4 bidders |
Type : Antoninien
Date: septembre-décembre
Date: 270
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 30 ‰
Diameter : 19,5 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 2,76 g.
Officine: 3e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale, parfaitement centré au revers. Joli portrait. Allégorie bien venue à la frappe au revers. Patine gris foncé
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 (A).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Cæsar Marcus Aurelius Claudius Quintillus Augustus”, (l’empereur César Marc Aurèle Claude Quintille auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VICTORIA AVG.
Reverse description : Victoria (la Victoire) allant à droite, tenant une couronne de la main droite et une palme de la gauche.
Reverse legend : -|G.
Reverse translation : “Victoria Augusti”, (La Victoire de l’auguste).
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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