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Coin Type: Billon antoninianus of Quintillus, 270 CE. Mint and Date: Mediolanum, 270 CE Size and Weight: 19mm x 20mm, 3.76g Obverse: IMP QVINTILLVS AVG Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right. Reverse: FIDES EXERCITI Fides standing half left, head left, a military standard in each hand. Field Marks: None. Exergue: Blank. Ref: RCV (2005) —; RIC V —; ERIC II p.621, 116 (this coin); Normanby Hoard p. 135 and plate 23, 1228; La Venèra hoard 10320, 1 example. BW Ref: 001 046 063 |
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Note: S. Estiot wrote about this coin on the Forum Classical Numismatics Discussion Board on 10 February 2010: "If it can help, from our database 'Revision of RIC V.1/2 : Claudius II to Florianus' (S. Estiot & J. Mairat, on-line version in free access in preparation for the end of 2010), 4 examples) : — Paris, coll. Pflaum (from the Canakkale hoard 2615) ; The reference is H. Huvelin, 'L'atelier monétaire de Milan sous Quintille', RIN 90 (1988), p. 173-191, 34. Cordialement, |
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