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As - Hostilian PIETAS AVGVST S C; Pietas

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Issuer RomeRoman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor Decius (Gaius Messius Quintus Traianus Decius) (249-251)
Hostilian (Gaius Valens Hostilianus Messius Quintus) (251)
Type Standard circulation coins
Year 251
Value As (1⁄32)
Currency Antoninianus, Reform of Caracalla (AD 215 – 301)
Composition Bronze
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
282947
References RIC IV.3# 220
Harold Mattingly, Edward Allen Sydenham, Carol Humphrey Vivian Sutherland; 1949. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 4.3. Gordian III – Uranius Antoninus (AD 238–253). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom.
, OCRE# ric.4.tr_d.220
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

Bust of Hostilian, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: IMP CAE C VAL HOS MES QVINTVS AVG

Translation:
Imperator Caesar Caius Valerinus Hostilianus Messius Quintus Augustus.
Supreme commander (Imperator), Caesar Gaius Valerinus Hostilianus Messius Quintus, emperor (Augustus).

Reverse

Pietas, draped, standing left, sacrificing out of patera over altar with right hand, and holding sceptre in left hand.

Script: Latin

Lettering: PIETAS AVGVST S C

Translation:
Pietas Augusti. Senatus Consultum.
Piety of the emperor (Augustus). Decree of the senate.

Mint

Rome (ancient), Italy (?-476)

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