RPC IX, 1718

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1718
Province Syria Coele
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Hostilian (Caesar)
Issue Group 3, officina 2
Obverse inscription Γ ΟΥΑΛ ΟϹΤΙΛΙΑΝ ΜΕ ΚΥΙΝΤΟϹ ΚΕϹΑΡ
Nominative Gaius Valens Hostilianus Messius Quintus Caesar
Obverse design bare-headed and draped bust of Hostilian, right, seen from front; below bust: ••
Reverse inscription ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ΕΞΟΥϹΙΑϹ, S C
Reverse design eagle standing on palm, right, spreading wings, holding wreath in beak
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 26 mm
Axis 6, 8
Reference Prieur 648 (3), McAlee 1159b
Specimens 8 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.59352
2 2     CNG EA 172, 5 Sept. 2007, lot 109
3 3     CNG EA 227, 10 Feb. 2010, lot 383
4 4     Dura Excavations 572
5 5     Helios 6, 9 Mar. 2011, lot 693
6 6     McAlee coll. = McAlee 1159b
7 7     Prieur coll. = Prieur 648
8 8     ✸ Roma Numismatics EA 8, 31 May 2014, lot 476