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ID number:  BIRBI-R1770
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):  2.05
Weight (g):  3.85
Axis (degrees):  315.00
Provenance:  Haines 1250. Spink, 1930.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Hostilian, wearing radiate crown, draped, facing r. Reverse: Hostilian, in military attire, standing facing l., holding standard in r. and spear reversed in l.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: C VALhNb HO3ıIL MES QVINTVS N C (Gaius Valens Hostilian Messius Quintus, Noble Caesar). Reverse: FRINcIFI IVVENTVTIS (Prince of Youth).

Bibliography:  RIC IV 181d (Trajan Decius)

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Rome
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Hostilian
Roman


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

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