RPC IX, 35

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 35
Province Moesia Superior
Region Moesia
City Viminacium
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Hostilian (Caesar)
Issue AN XII
Dating AD 250/1
Obverse inscription C VAL HOST M QVINTVS CAE
Nominative Gaius Valens Hostilianus Messius Quintus Caesar
Obverse design bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Hostilian, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription P M S COL VIM, AN XII
Reverse design Moesia standing left, holding cornucopia in right hand; at left, bull standing right; at right, lion standing left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Axis 1, 2
Reference AMNG 151
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.15216
2 2     ✸ V: GR 38846, Lacom Fund Carnuntum AMNG 148
3 3     V: GR 7765 AMNG 151
4 4     Belgrade-Nar Martin 4.04.5
5 5     MünzZentrum 74, 11 Nov. 1992, lot 169