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).