Details
LOT 3008
Quintillus BI Antoninianus. AD 270.
Rome mint. IMP C M AVR CL QVINTILLVS AVG, radiate and draped bust to right / SECVRIT AVG, Securitas standing facing, head left, legs crossed, leaning with left arm on column, sceptre in right hand; XI in right field. RIC V.I 31. Near Very Fine.(2.20gr, 19mm, 6h.).
Provenance
Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, collector.
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