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ID number: BIRBI-R1774 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Hostilian; Trajan Decius; Rome Denomination: Sestertius Place made: Rome Culture: Roman Date made: 251 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 3.10 Weight (g): 17.01 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 1451. W. S. Lincoln, 1932. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Hostilian, bare, draped, facing r. Reverse: Hostilian, in military attire, standing facing l., holding standard in r. and spear reversed in l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: C HICI…OSTIC MES QVINTVS N C (Gaius Valens Hostilian Messius Quintus, Noble Caesar). Reverse: PHINCIPI IVUE.../HTIS S C (Prince of Youth; S C - Translation Disputed).
Bibliography: RIC IV 216a (Trajan Decius)
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