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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-R1769
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Hostilian; Trajan Decius; Rome
Denomination:  Antoninianus
Place made:  Rome
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  251
Metal:  Silver
Diameter (cm):  2.25
Weight (g):  3.20
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Haines 1690. Spink, 1933.
BIRBI-R1769.jpg

Description:  Obverse: Head of Hostilian, wearing radiate crown, draped, facing r. Reverse: Mars, helmeted and in military attire, advancing facing r., holding spear in r. and shield in l.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: C VALENS HOSTIL MES OVINTVS N C (Gaius Valens Hostilian Messius Quintus, Noble Caesar). Reverse: M...ΓI RBOPVdNΛTOHI (Mars, the Defender).

Bibliography:  RIC IV 177b (Trajan Decius)

4 Related People

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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
Trajan Decius
Roman

251
Rome
Roman;Byzantine;Italian


Hostilian
Roman


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