RPC IX, 1387

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1387
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Tarsus
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Hostilian (Caesar)
Obverse inscription Γ ΟΥΑΛΕΝ ΟϹΤΙΛΙ ΚΥΙΝΤΟΝ
Edition Γ(άιον) Οὐαλέν(τα) Ὁστιλι(ανὸν) Κύϊντον
Translation for Gaius Valens Hostilianus Quintus
Obverse design bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Hostilian, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΤΑΡϹΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ, Α Μ Κ Γ Β
Edition Ταρσοῦ Μητροπόλεως αʹ μ(εγίστης) κ(αλλίστης) γʹ βʹ
Translation of Tarsus, metropolis, the first, the greatest, the most beautiful, (of the) three (eparchies), twice (neocorate)
Reverse design Sandan standing on horned lion(?) enclosed in a pyramidal monument covered by round canopy supported by two figures wearing Phrygian cap; on monument, eagle
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 8.58 g
Axis 12
Reference SNG France 1782–3
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3, 5: same pair of dies. 1–5: same obv. die as 1386/1–2.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1499 SNG 1782
2 2     P: 1500 Wa 4688 = SNG 1783
3 3     V-ON Leypold 2702
4 4     ✸ Tahberer 1677
5 5     CGT coll. = ex Rohde coll.