RPC IX, 1764

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1764
Province Syria Coele
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Hostilian (Caesar)
Issue Group 3, officina 6
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: Ϛ
Reverse inscription ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ΕΞΟΥϹΙΑϹ, S C
Reverse design eagle standing on palm, left, spreading wings, holding wreath in beak
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 26 mm
Axis 6, 12
Reference Prieur 650 (5), McAlee 1160d
Specimens 8 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 851
2 2     B: Morel
3 3     G SNG 3105
4 4     NY: 1944.100.59351
5 5     ✸ Yale: 1938.6000.776 Dura Excavations 569
6 6     Gorny & Mosch 181, 12 Oct. 2009, lot 1875
7 7     McAlee coll. = McAlee 1160d
8 8     Freiburg: 12379