RPC IX, 1777

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1777
Province Syria Coele
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Hostilian (Caesar)
Issue Group 4, officina ?
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 rear; 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 line, facing, head right, spreading wings, holding wreath in beak
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 14.40 g
Reference McAlee 1161
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note On this usual rev. for Hostilian, see Dura p. 125
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Yale: 1938.6000.778 Dura Excavations 575, pl. XIV .575