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An antoninianus of Quintillus showing Fides with standards 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) ;
— La Venèra hoard 10320
— Vienna 52054, coll. Markl
— London, BM 1987 6-47-272 (from the Normanby hoard 1228)

The reference is H. Huvelin, 'L'atelier monétaire de Milan sous Quintille', RIN 90 (1988), p. 173-191, 34.
All the coins share the same reverse die, an aureus die, which explains that the officina letter is missing.

Cordialement,
S. Estiot"

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