RPC IX, 1777

 

Image of specimen #1

 

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 ΜƐ ΚΥΙΝΤΟϹ ΚƐϹΑΡ
Nominative Gaius Valens Hostilianus Messius Quintus Caesar
Obverse design bare-headed and draped bust of Hostilian, r., seen from rear; below bust: ?
Reverse inscription ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ƐΞΟΥϹΙΑϹ, S C
Reverse design eagle standing on line, facing, head r., spreading wings, holding wreath in beak
Metal Debased silver
Average diameter 27 mm
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