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Coin Detail
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ID:
90010162
[UNVERIFIED]
Type:
Roman Imperial
Issuer:
Hostilian
Date Ruled:
AD 250-251
Metal:
Orichalcum
Denomination:
Sestertius
Struck / Cast:
struck
Date Struck:
AD 250-251
Weight:
18.28 g
Die Axis:
12 h
Obverse Legend:
C VALENS HOSTIL MES QVINTVS N C
Obverse Description:
Bare-headed and draped bust to right
Reverse Legend:
PRINCIPI IVVENTVTIS / S C
Reverse Description:
Hostilian standing left in military dress, holding standard in his right hand and reversed spear in his left
Primary Reference:
RIC 216a
Reference2:
Cohen 178
Photograph Credit:
Classical Numismatic Group
Source:
http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=138726
Grade:
Struck on a full, round flan and with an attractive dark green patina with earthen highlights. Nearly extremely fine.
Notes:
Rare. Sale: Nomos 1, Lot: 162. Lightly toned and well centered. From the collection of a Gentleman. The Secular Games were held in honor of the 1000th anniversary of the foundation of Rome; the included some of the greatest spectacles seen in Rome for generations. They were also commemorated by an extensive series of coins showing the animals that were displayed in the arena, monuments and the founding Twins, Romulus and Remus. Hostilian was the younger son of Trajan Decius and stayed in Rome when his father and older brother went off on their ill-fated expedition against the Goths. After their deaths the field army acclaimed Trebonianus Gallus as emperor, but in a laudable attempt to avoid civil strife he immediately recognized Hostilian as his co-emperor. However, later in the year Hostilian fell ill and died from the plague. The coin was struck earlier, while he was only Caesar under his father, and is an unusually nice example.
Created and Managed by Alfredo De La Fe
