v19_0309 - QUINTILLUS Antoninien
MONNAIES 19 (2004)
Starting price : 75.00 €
Estimate : 120.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 75.00 €
Estimate : 120.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Antoninien
Date: 270
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 30 ‰
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,09 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 2e
Emission: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Beau portrait. Patine marron. Flan ovale et large
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP C M AVR CL QVINTILLVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste radié, drapé et cuirassé de Quintille radié 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 : PAX - AVGVSTI/ A|-.
Reverse description : Pax (la Paix) drapée debout à gauche, brandissant une branche d’olivier de la main droite et tenant un sceptre de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Pax Augusti”, (La Paix 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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