RPC IX, 1538

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1538
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Flaviopolis
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Hostilian (Caesar)
Issue Year ΖΟΡ = 177
Dating AD 250/1
Obverse inscription ΓΑ ΟΥ ΟϹ ΜΕϹ ΚΥΙΝΤΟϹ ΚΑ
Nominative Gaius Valens Hostilianus Messius Quintus Caesar
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Hostilian, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΦΛΑΟΥΙΟΠΟΛΕΙΤωΝ, ΖΟΡ
Reverse design Hermes standing left, holding purse and caduceus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Reference Levante 1558
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Hirsch 247, 21 Sept. 2006, lot 2543 = Hirsch 244, 15 Feb. 2006, lot 1936 = Hirsch 240, 2 May 2005, lot 692 = SNG Levante 1558
2 2     Tahberer 730