Freeman & Sear - Gemini I, Session 2

Lot: 435
ROMAN EMPIRE: Quintillus. AD 270. AV aureus (5.34 gm).

ROMAN EMPIRE. Quintillus (AD 270). Gold aureus (5.34 
gm). Mediolanum. IMP C M AVR QVINTILLVS AVG, laureate, 
draped, cuirassed bust right, seen from front / FIDES 
EXERCITI, Fides standing left, holding two standards. 
Wealth of the Ancient World 147 = Lafaurie, RN 1958, pl. 
ix, 24 = Huvelin and Lafaurie, RN 1980, pl. viii, 54 = 
Calicó 3968 (same dies). Extremely rare: probably only 
the second known aureus of Quintillus with this reverse 
type, and one of less than a dozen aurei of this brief 
reign. Some minor contact marks on obverse. Small ding 
on edge at 3:00. About extremely fine 
Estimated Value: $ 45,000 


...Sold for $43,000 USD [ approx 32680 EUR, 22790 GBP ] plus 15% buyers fee. 

Gemini I Auction Closed Jan 11-12, 2005. 

Re-used by permission of Freeman & Sear (www.freemanandsear.com) 
                      and Harlan J Berk (www.harlanjberk.com).