RPC IX, 1717

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1717
Province Syria Coele
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Hostilian (Caesar)
Issue Group 3, officina 2
Obverse inscription Γ ΟΥΑΛ ΟϹΤΙΛΙΑΝ ΜƐ ΚΥΙΝΤΟϹ ΚƐϹΑΡ
Nominative Gaius Valens Hostilianus Messius Quintus Caesar
Obverse design bare-headed and draped bust of Hostilian, r., seen from front; below bust: ••
Reverse inscription ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ƐΞΟΥϹΙΑϹ, S C
Reverse design eagle standing on palm, l., spreading wings, holding wreath in beak
Metal Debased silver
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 7
Reference Prieur 647 (5), McAlee 1160b
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: G.2400 BMC 626, pl. XXVI.2, obv.
2 2     ✸ P: 850 McAlee 1160c/2
3 3     McAlee coll. = McAlee 1160b