The Roman Empire
Hostilian caesar, 251
Sestertius 251, Æ 15.98 g. C VALENS HOSTIL [MES QVINTVS] N C Radiate and draped bust r. Rev. PRINCIPI IVVENTVTIS / S – C Apollo seated l., holding branch in r. hand and resting l. elbow on lyre.
C 31. RIC Trajan Decius 215a.
Rare. Green patina, irregular and flan crack at three o'clock on obverse, otherwise very fine
This portrait type of Hostilian seems a bit more adolescent. AMP.