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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Finn235, post: 8280539, member: 98035&quot;]This has been nagging at me for some time, but hadn&#039;t attempted to put it into words until now.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you were to ask me to post my top 10 favorite Roman coins, this Quintillus would 100% always make the list, ever since I purchased it in a group lot in 2017</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1462291[/ATTACH]</p><p>Obv: IMP C M AVR QVINTILLVS AVG, Radiate draped bust right</p><p>Rev: PROVIDEN AVG, Providentia standing left, holding cornucopia and baton over globe at feet.</p><p>Siscia Mint(?)</p><p>According to Helvetica&#039;s spreadsheet, it ought to be (based on obverse legend) a bust variant on RIC V 71.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s a lovely coin, sporting one of the best portraits of this ephemeral emperor on his non-gold coinage.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s another example from Siscia, either 71 or 72</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1462316[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>And an Aurelian from Siscia, which appears to be engraved by the same hand</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1462317[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>But going back to my original point, Quintillus&#039; gold coinage (which is extraordinarily rare)...</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1462321[/ATTACH] </p><p>(Image by NAC)</p><p><br /></p><p>All of Quintillus&#039; gold coinage has the same obverse legend as my antoninianus (IMP C M AVR QVINTILLVS AVG) and I&#039;ll be darned if the portraits don&#039;t look almost identical, save for the headwear. I don&#039;t think it is much of a stretch to claim these are the work of the same engraver</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1462324[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Only one problem - all (5-10?) Aureii of Quintillus come from Milan, not Siscia.</p><p><br /></p><p>I was also able to find one example of an Aurelian early-reign aureus which bears a haunting similarity -</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1462326[/ATTACH] </p><p>(Image by Roma - <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=5805480" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=5805480" rel="nofollow">https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=5805480</a> )</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;d welcome any thoughts - at the moment I&#039;m torn between:</p><p>1) Two artists who studied together</p><p>2) Artist from Milan traveled to Siscia</p><p>3) Quintillus aureii aren&#039;t from Milan, but are from Siscia (although I think findspot evidence pins them at Milan)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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