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LOT 3292
Quintillus BI Antoninianus. AD 270.
Rome mint. 12th officina. [IMP C M AVR CL QVI]NTILLVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed(?) bust to right / LAETIT[IA AVG], Laetitia standing to left, holding wreath and anchor set on globe; XII in right field. Cf. RIC V.1 22; cf. MER-RIC 1202 (temporary). Good Very Fine.(2.64gr, 21mm, 11h.).
Provenance
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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