Lot 35
35
Aureus, 3.97g., Rome, 250 A.D., C VALES HOSTIL MES QVINTVS NC, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev. PRINCIPI IVVENTVTIS, Hostilian standing left, holding wand and transverse spear (RIC 183b; Foss 1; C.37), pierced and plugged behind head, good fine, extremely rare
Aureus, 3.97g., Rome, 250 A.D., C VALES HOSTIL MES QVINTVS NC, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev. PRINCIPI IVVENTVTIS, Hostilian standing left, holding wand and transverse spear (RIC 183b; Foss 1; C.37), pierced and plugged behind head, good fine, extremely rare

Details
Aureus, 3.97g., Rome, 250 A.D., C VALES HOSTIL MES QVINTVS NC, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev. PRINCIPI IVVENTVTIS, Hostilian standing left, holding wand and transverse spear (RIC 183b; Foss 1; C.37), pierced and plugged behind head, good fine, extremely rare
Provenance
J C S Rashleigh collection, Glendining's, January 1953, lot 78
E J W Hildyard collection, Glendining's, 9 December 1986, lot 33