RPC IX, 1476

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1476
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Anazarbus
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Hostilian (Caesar)
Issue Year ΗΞϹ = 268
Dating AD 250
Obverse inscription ΜΕϹϹΙΟΝ ΚΟΥΙΝΤΟΝ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΑ
Nominative Messius Quintus Caesar
Obverse design bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Hostilian, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΝΑΖ ΕΝΔΟΞ ΕΤ ΗΞϹ, Γ Γ, ΟΙΚΟΥΜΕΝΙΚΟϹ
Reverse design agonistic crown containing palm, with inscription ΔƐΚΙΟϹ
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Axis 1, 6, 7, 12
Reference Ziegler, Anazarbos, 745
Specimens 9 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–9: same pair of dies. 1–9: same obv. die as 1477/1–3, 1478/1–2. 1–9: same rev. die as 1479/1–5.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: L 985 SNG 2125
2 2     Ankara: 18-28/28-95
3 3     Aufhäuser 8, 9–10 Oct. 1991, lot 540
4 4     Falghera 2415
5 5     SNG Levante 1502
6 6     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 241
7 7     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 242
8 8     Tahberer 449
9 9     Ziegler 1133