Quintillus. AD 270. Antoninianus (20mm, 3.40 g, 12h). Cyzicus mint. 1st emission, circa September-October AD 270. Good VF.

CNG Feature Auction 124
Lot: 687. Estimated: $ 750

Roman Imperial, Silver

Sold For $ 8 000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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Quintillus. AD 270. Antoninianus (20mm, 3.40 g, 12h). Cyzicus mint. 1st emission, circa September-October AD 270. Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust left, right hand raised and holding globe / Jupiter standing left, holding thunderbolt and long scepter; at feet to left, an eagle standing left, head right; –|–//–. RIC V Online 1263; D. Hollard, “Un antoninien à buste exceptionnel frappé à Cyzique pour Quintille (270)” in BSFN 8 (2008), A–C (same obv. die); RIC V 84 var. (bust type). Dark green-brown patina, some die wear on reverse. Good VF. Extremely rare, RIC V Online lists just four examples of this extremely rare type, all from the same obverse die. Apparently the fifth, and finest, known.


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