RPC IX, 1171

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1171
Province Lycia-Pamphylia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Trachea
City Lyrbe
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Hostilian (Caesar)
Obverse inscription Γ ΟΥΑ ΟϹΤ ΜΕϹ ΚΥΙΝΤΟϹ ΚΑΙ
Edition Γάϊος Οὐάλης Ὁστιλιανὸς Μέσσιος Κύϊντος Καῖσαρ Γ(άϊος) Οὐά(λης) Ὁστ(ιλιανὸς) Μέσ(σιος) 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 ΛΥΡΒΕΙΤΩΝ
Edition Λυρβειτῶν Λυρβειτῶν
Translation of the Lyrbeans
Reverse design Athena(?) standing right, pointing spear in right hand and holding uncertain object in left hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 5.97 g
Axis 12
Reference Levante 286
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–6: same pair of dies. 1–6: same obv. die as 1172/1–3, 1173/1–2.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1970,0909.216
2 2     B: I-B GM 495
3 3     SNG Levante 286
4 4     V-ON Leypold 2523
5 5     Lindgren III, 860
6 6     MünzZentrum 71, 3 June 1991, lot 446 = Rauch 35, 7 Oct. 1985, lot 5766