RPC IX, 1038

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1038
Province Lycia-Pamphylia
Region Pisidia
City Selge
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Hostilian (Caesar)
Obverse inscription Γ ΟΥ ΟϹ Μ ΚΥΙΝΤΟϹ ΚΑΙ
Edition Γ(άϊος) Οὐ(άλης) Ὁσ(τιλιανὸς) Μ(έσσιος) Κύϊντος Καῖ(σαρ)
Translation Gaius Valens Hostilianus Messius Quintus Caesar
Obverse design bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Hostilian, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ϹΕΛΓΕΩΝ
Edition Σελγέων
Translation of the Selgeans
Reverse design Apollo standing left, holding branch and resting on tripod round which serpent twines; at feet, left, raven
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 6.95 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference Leypold 2147
Specimens 8 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–8: same pair of dies. 1–8: same obv. die as 1039/1–4.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1975,0411.289
2 2     P: 2003.90
3 3     B: I-B KM p. 408, no. 37
4 4     Hauck & Aufhäuser 17, 18 Mar. 2003, lot 527
5 5     ✸ HI coll.
6 6     V-ON Leypold 2147
7 7     Missere 506
8 8     Kölner Münzkabinett 108, 7 April 2018, lot 395 = van der Dussen 24, 1 June 1995, lot 3926