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LOT 3294
Quintillus BI Antoninianus. AD 270.
Mediolanum mint; struck AD 270. 2nd officina. IMP QVINTILLVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FIDES MILIT, Fides standing to left, holding two standards, S in exergue. RIC V.1 52 var. (bust type); MER-RIC 1116 (temporary). Near Extremely Fine.(1.96gr, 22mm, 6h.).
Provenance
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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