RPC IX, 1445

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1445
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Mopsus
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Hostilian (Caesar)
Issue Year ΗΙΤ = 318
Dating AD 250/1
Obverse inscription Γ ΟΥΑ ΟϹΤΙΛ ΜΕϹ ΚΥΙΝΤΟΝ Κ
Edition Γάϊον Οὐαλέντα Ὁστιλιανὸν Μέσσιον Κύϊντον Καίσαρα Γ(άϊον) Οὐα(λέντα) Ὁστιλ(ιανὸν) Μέσ(σιον) Κύϊντον Κ(αίσαρα)
Translation for Gaius Valens Hostilianus Messius Quintus Caesar
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Hostilian, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΔΡ ΜΟΨΕΑΤωΝ ΗΙΤ
Edition Ἁδριανῶν Μοψεατῶν ηιτʹ Ἁδρ(ιανῶν) Μοψεατῶν ηιτʹ
Translation of the Hadrian Mopsians, 318
Reverse design nude Dionysus (youthful) seated left, head right, on panther lying, right, holding thyrsus, right hand on head
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 15.45 g
Axis 12
Reference SNG Pfälzer 944
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same pair of dies.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     MünzZentrum 112, 4 Sept. 2002, lot 728
2 2     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 944
3 3     ✸ Prokhorov coll.