RPC IX, 1043

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1043
Province Lycia-Pamphylia
Region Pisidia
City Selge
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Hostilian (Caesar)
Obverse inscription Γ ΟΥΑ ΟϹΤΙΛΙ ΜΕ ΚΥΙΝΤΟϹ ΚΑΙ
Edition Γ(άϊος) Οὐά(λενς) Ὀστιλι(ανὸς) Μέ(σσιος) 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 winged thunderbolt and bow
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 16 mm
Average weight 2.91 g
Axis 5, 6, 11
Reference BMC 83
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same pair of dies. 1–3: same obv. die as 1042/1–17. 1–3: same rev. die as 1040/1–4.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1894,0402.202 BMC 83, pl. XLI.4, rev.
2 2     C: Mossop
3 3     V-ON Leypold 2148 = Vecchi 7, 27 Oct. 1997, lot 1586