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
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; below bust: ••
Reverse inscription ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ΕΞΟΥϹΙΑϹ, S C
Edition Δημαρχ(ικῆς) Ἐξουσίας S(enatus) C(onsulto)
Translation holder of the tribunitian power, by decree of the Senate
Reverse design eagle standing on palm, right, spreading wings, holding wreath in beak
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 11.74 g
Axis 6, 8
Reference Prieur 648 (3), McAlee 1159b
Specimens 8 (1 in the core collections)
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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