Numismatica Ars Classica
Auction 98 12 December 2016
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The Roman Empire
Hostilian caesar, 251
Sestertius 251, Æ 16.26 g. C VALENS HOSTIL M[ES QVINTVS N S] Draped bust r. Rev. PRINCIPI IVENTVTIS / S – C Hostilian standing l., holding standard in r. hand and spear resersed in l. C 35. RIC Trajan Decius 216a. Rare. Dark tone, fields somewhat tooled, otherwise good very fine
Ex SKA sale 28, 1991, 715.
Early portraits of Hostilian show a child with a typical round head and short hair. AMP.