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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtis, post: 8280844, member: 26430&quot;]That&#039;s a great Quintillus. The portraits of Quintillus are sometimes really very impressive. (As soon as you mentioned it, I remembered the lovely portrait on one recently posted -- and now posted again here -- by [USER=77226]@Orange Julius[/USER] , which I believe was described as an ebay snack! To me, those look like they&#039;re by the same artist.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Regarding the artist, and your three examples (the Ant, the Sicscia Aureus, and the Aurelian Aureus) ...</p><p><br /></p><p>There are some distinct similarities, but I would want to compare as many high quality examples from different dies as possible, and really examine them closely. (Despite short coinage/reign, there are a lot of dies, which makes it tough.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Are there any artistic or technical similarities that seem peculiar to these dies? (To be convincing, I always prefer if someone can point to specific details/techniques shared by two dies, but differ from those by other artists.)</p><p><br /></p><p>A good place to look might be their &quot;handwriting&quot;/epigraphic style, if that&#039;s the right term. Judging from the legends, I would think those two Aureii are from different engravers (unless it&#039;s possible different engravers did legends and portraits, though I don&#039;t remember ever hearing of that).</p><p><br /></p><p>Although the gold Quintillus has different &quot;handwriting&quot; from yours, I do notice that the Aurelian Aureus and your Quintillus Ant seem to have letters constructed <i>very </i>similarly. (E.g., the &quot;A&quot; with an almost open top, like an &quot;H&quot;; the upward diagonal stroke of the lower horizontal on the &quot;R&quot;... I see nothing particularly inconsistent.) The similarity between those coins is a good catch.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a favorite Quintillus of mine:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1462478[/ATTACH]</p><blockquote><p><font size="4"><b>Roman Imperial. Quintillus (Augustus, 270 CE) Billon Antoniniaus</b> (2.68g, 17.5mm, 12h). Rome mint, 270.</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Obverse</b>: IMP C M AVR QVINTILLVS AVG. Radiate and cuirassed bust right.</font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Reverse</b>: CONCORDIA AVG / Δ in r. field. Concordia standing l., sacrificing over altar and holding double cornucopia.</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Reference</b>: RIC V 13 (corr. cuirassed, not draped); <a href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.5.qu.13" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.5.qu.13" rel="nofollow">OCRE RIC 13</a> (11 ex., all public, 3 ANS); <a href="https://ric.mom.fr/en/coin/1146" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://ric.mom.fr/en/coin/1146" rel="nofollow">RIC Online 1146</a> (49 ex., all public colls.); Cohen VI (p. 166) 17 (corr., &quot;drapé ou cuirassé&quot;); ERIC II (p. 620) 49 (corr. cuirassed [B4] not draped [B7], r. field not ex.); Normanby 1159 (see also 1156; 1156-1161 all similar CONCORDIA AVG types).</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Provenance:</b> Ex- Naville Numismatics (w/ Stack’s) Auction 35, Lot 717 (London, 29 October 2017), from the Clain-Stefanelli Collection, w/ Elvira’s hand-written tag (collection was also built with Vladimir [1914-1982] and inherited by their numismatist-son Andrew [1945-2014]); Ancient &amp; Medieval Coins Canada Auction 2, Lot 210 (Kelowna, 9 November 2019), from the Orfew Collection.</font></p></blockquote><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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