Hostilian as Caesar. Antoninianus; Hostilian as Caesar; 250-251 AD, Antioch, Antoninianus, 3.37g. Officina number var. of RIC-194 (R); cf. C-4 (Elberling, variant obv. legend, 12 Fr.). Obv: C OVAL OSTIL MES COVINTVS CAESAR Bust radiate, draped r., seen from front; IIV below bust. Rx: AEQVITAS AVG Aequitas standing l. holding scales and cornucopia. Acquired from Münzen und Medaillen Basel, 8 April 1970. RIC-96 lists this coin only with one dot below bust, or without dots. Another spec. with IIV like ours, from the same obverse die, is in CoinArchives Pro = Rauch, Summer Auction 2010, lot 1160.. EF