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Buy or Bid Sale 201  13 Jul 2017
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Lot 382

Starting price: 120 USD
Price realized: 130 USD
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Hostilian as Caesar. AE 25; Hostilian as Caesar; 250-251 AD, Viminacium, Year 12=250/1 AD, AE 25, 14.97g. RPC-34 (14 spec.); AMNG-150 (3 spec.); Varbanov-200 (same obv. die); Martin-4.03.7, pl. IV (same dies). Obv: C VAI HOST M QVINTVS C Bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust r. Rx: P M S C - OL VIM around, AN XII in exergue, Moesia standing l. between bull and lion, holding branch and globe. Bought from Time Machine, St. Louis, 25 April 2008. Rare variant reverse type, as indicated by AMNG's low specimen count, and by the die links with the specimens illustrated by Varbanov and Martin. Our coin also has the error VAI for VAL in the obverse legend, a variety that is not reported by RPC.
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