RPC IX, 2108

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 2108
Province Syria Palaestina
Region Samaria
City Caesarea Maritima
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Hostilian (Caesar)
Obverse inscription HOSTILIANO QVINTO C
Edition Hostiliano Quinto C(aesari)
Translation to Hostilian Quintus Caesar
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Hostilian, seen from front, right
Reverse inscription COL P F AV F C CAES METR(O)P
Edition col(onia) P(rima) F(lavia) Au(gusta) F(elix?) C(oncordia?) Caes(area) metr(o)p(olis)
Translation the first Flavian colony of Augusta Felix(?) Concordia(?), Caesarea, metropolis
Reverse design turreted bust of Fortuna, left, with drapery on shoulder
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 7.15 g
Axis 1, 6, 12
Reference BMC 197, Kadman II 191
Specimens 9 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1908,0110.1658 BMC 197
2 2     NY: 1944.100.68995 SNG 848
3 3     Haifa-MA
4 4     J-MJA: 66/1990/2742
5 5     IMJ: 78.02207
6 6     St Petersburg
7 7     ✸ Künker 97, 7 Mar. 2005, lot 1796
8 8     M&M GmbH 18, 5 Oct. 2005, lot 1549 (Righetti)
9 9     Rosenberger II, 157