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Hostilian as Caesar, bungled obverse legend. ; Hostilian as Caesar, bungled obverse legend; 250-251 AD, Dacia, Year 5=250/1 AD, AE 25.5-27, 13.06g. AMNG-48 (2 spec. with error), Varbanov-58, RPC-104 (18 spec.). Obv: G VAI HQST M OVINTVS G Bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust r. Rx: PROVIN - CIA DACIA around, AN V in exergue, Dacia standing l. between eagle and lion, holding branch and transverse scepter. With five incorrect letters in the obverse legend: G for C, VAI for VAL as often, HQST for HOST, OVINTOS for QVINTOS, and G for C again. Purchased from Pegasi, CICF, 27 April 2007. Rare with the garbled obverse legend: among eleven specimens recorded, AMNG noted two with the error HQST. Ex Bill Behnen Collection.Black patina. VG

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