Quintillus Antoninianus

Here is my go-to for exhaustive variety research:

http://www.romancoin.info

At the bottom are a series of excel spreadsheets; there is a full one for Quintillus. I think yours is row 204 under the "1 person" tab

The problem with that, Steve, is that #204 specifies "two standards" for the reverse figure. Just below that #205 has "standard and cornucopia," which is the form on this coin, but with the obverse inscription as on the coin above.

This guide may be helpful in identifying features, but the sad part about this listing is that it does not attribute the coins by mint and/or officina. In that regard it is not a substitute for RIC.

OK,,But does that mean that my original attribution was correct?


(as a closest association/)

That's absolutely it. They have this classified as being under RIC 1st 45 var. and the mint as Milan (Mediolanum}. Since thee are 44 examples documented (all in European collections?), the notion that it's a new variation or "very rare" can pretty much be dismissed, I think. Of those listed, many have photo files attached. From the standpoint of a unique specimen, I'd call attention to the fifth from the top on the first page (identified as Vienna 21148) for which the photo shows a strongly double struck obverse.






That certainly appears to be the case to me also, and in this respect it might be something of an exceptional example.

I happened across another issue of Quintillus today, picking it up on account of what I thought to be a well executed and preserved portrait. Unfortunately, the reverse is rather mediocre. It appears to conform to RIC 58 (Milan) with what looks to me to be the officina letter "D" in the exergue (although it might alternatively be an incompletely struck "P").

That is a very nice surprise- excellent details and it looks to still have some silvering. You don't see that very often on a Quintillus.

Certaily not the one in my collection

That's a beautiful Quintillus! Very, very rarely do you see one with that much silvering!