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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 2892113, member: 57495&quot;]That&#039;s a really nice portrait.&nbsp; Quintillus coins typically either have compact flans that lose a good part of the legend, or broad enough flans with flat strikes that result in the same problem.&nbsp; Happily, yours at least has the full QVINTILLVS there.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Mine has some flat areas, and as it is is my best of five.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]695401[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>QUINTILLUS</b></p><p>AE Antoninianus. 2.8g, 20.9mm. Rome mint, end 270 AD. RIC 35; New RIC V/1 Online temp #1132. O: IMP C M AVR CL QVINTILLVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right. R: VIRTVS AVG, Virtus standing left, holding shield which rests on ground in right hand and spear in left hand; B in right field. </p><p><br /></p><p>I continued my horrible run with the ex Dattari coins at Naville (scoring zero out of three I bid on).&nbsp; I did win this one that has been on my want list for awhile now.&nbsp; It&#039;s also ex Clain-Stefanelli and I&#039;d say this particular example qualifies as a coin that spoke to me.&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;[ATTACH=full]695402[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>PONTOS, Amisos </b></p><p>AE21. 7.14g, 21mm. Time of Mithradates VI, circa 85-65 BC. SNG BM Black Sea 1219. O: Head of Amazon right, wearing wolf-skin headdress. R: AMI-ΣO[Y], Nike advancing right, holding palm branch and wreath. </p><p><i> Ex E.E. Clain-Stefanelli Collection</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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