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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Finn235, post: 8282156, member: 98035&quot;]Thanks all for the thoughts! And lovely Quintillus ants all around!</p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=26430]@Curtis[/USER], the main thing that drew me to wonder if they were engraved by the same hand is</p><p><br /></p><p>1) The eyes, in particular are very lifelike for the period, and give the impression of an emotive/pensive gaze, rather than the more or less lifeless stare typical of the period.</p><p>2) The jaw is unusually large and strong for Quintillus portraits (I imagine him to look like your archetypal skinny hillbilly on most coins). The chin is still jutting, but less so than on most other mints.</p><p>3) I had considered the nose to be the same, but I will admit it is a bit smaller and less pointed on the aureus</p><p>4) I was more familiar with the &quot;typical&quot; Milan style, as demonstrated by [USER=15481]@svessien[/USER] and [USER=84905]@Tejas[/USER] but as [USER=84744]@Severus Alexander[/USER] pointed out, there are also antoninianii in the general style of his aureii, too.</p><p><br /></p><p>And [USER=77226]@Orange Julius[/USER] that is a lovely Quintillus! Definitely the same artist, although I don&#039;t think it is the same die - note the top Radiate spike on mine points backwards while yours points almost straight up. I did have to look pretty close to spot differences though!</p><p><br /></p><p>Another thought I had that I felt didn&#039;t fit into the OP on the subject of style was this Probus, which reminds me of the Quintillus in ways I struggle to articulate- maybe its the eyes?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1462836[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>This is from the Rome mint, but in a way looks more like [USER=26430]@Curtis[/USER]&#039; beautiful Quintillus at second glance- I guess only 15 years apart so *possibly* the same artist, assuming he survived the 270-71 revolt?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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