Caesar, A.D. 250(?)-251
Augustus, A.D. 251
Provincial Bronze (AE26)
Moesia Superior, Viminacium
Obv: C VAL HOST M QVINTVS C
Rev: P M S COL VIM - Moesia, standing between bull and lion
AN XII in exergue
Moushmov 55
25x27mm, 12.2g.
Hostilian (A.D. 251) served as Caesar under Trajan Decius, his father, and Herennius Etruscus, his brother. Upon their deaths, he was made joint emperor with Trebonnius Gallus, but died of the plague shortly thereafter without leaving much of an impression on Western history.
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