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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Finn235, post: 3251563, member: 98035&quot;]Nice coin and writeup! Quintillus is one of my favorite of the ephemeral emperors, oddly a bit reminiscent of Otho&#039;s tragic end. A couple odd things about his reign:</p><p>1) We don&#039;t know how long he actually ruled because Aurelian backdated his reign to the death of Claudius II, essentially removing Quintillus&#039; legitimacy as emperor.</p><p>2) I&#039;ve seen some passing references to a deification issue of Quintillus, which of course doesn&#039;t make any sense if Aurelian saw fit to erase his predecessor. If they actually exist (I have yet to see a photo of one) there is a good chance that they are &quot;barbarous&quot; issues made by his few loyal soldiers.</p><p><br /></p><p>I feel lucky to be the keeper of this Quintillus, plucked from a higher end Naumann lot about a year ago</p><p>[ATTACH=full]853297[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s an odd example of a Rome mint DIVO CLAVDIO minted under Quintillus and accidentally paired with one of his reverse dies</p><p>[ATTACH=full]853303[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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