RPC IX, 1685

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1685
Province Syria Coele
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Hostilian (Caesar)
Issue Group 3 and 4: bronze city coinage
Obverse inscription Γ ΟΥΑΛ ΟϹΤΙΛΙΑΝ ΜΕ ΚΥΙΝΤΟϹ ΚΕϹΑΡ
Edition Γ(άϊος) Οὐάλ(ενς) Ὀστιλιαν(ὸς) Μέ(σσιος) Κύϊντος Κέσαρ
Translation Gaius Valens Hostilianus Messius Quintus Caesar
Obverse design bare-headed and draped bust of Hostilian, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΟΛΩ(Ν), Δ Ε, S C
Edition Ἀντιοχέων μητρο(πόλεως) κολων(ίας) δʹ ἐ(παρχιῶν) S(enatus) C(onsulto)
Translation of the Antiocheans, metropolis colony, of the 4 eparchies, by decree of the Senate
Reverse design portable shrine with four columns enclosing statue of Tyche seated, facing, with river god (Orontes) facing, at her feet; above, ram running right; usually, carry-bars at the base of the shrine
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 17.12 g
Axis 5, 6, 11, 12
Reference CRS 502d, McAlee 1164
Specimens 13 (10 in the core collections)
Die-links 3: same rev. die as 1682/3.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: GR.2010
2 2     P: 857
3 3     ✸ P: Y20263, de Ricci
4 4     B: 18258973, ohne Nummer
5 5     G SNG 3106
6 6     Mu SNG 778
7 7     Mu SNG 779
8 8     NY: 1944.100.59356
9 9     NY: 1998.5.3
10 10     O
11 11     Bern: Righetti 2050
12 12     CNG MBS 78, 14 May 2008, lot 1447 = McAlee 1164
13 13     M&M Basel 32, 20 Oct. 1966, lot 454