RPC IX, 2111

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 2111
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 and cuirassed bust of Hostilian, right, seen from front
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, right, with drapery on shoulder
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 8.22 g
Axis 2, 6, 7, 12
Reference Kadman II 189
Specimens 10 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1908,0110.1657 BMC 192
2 2     B: I-B
3 3     ✸ C: Lewis 1840
4 4     Mu
5 5     IMJ: 2010.065.28940
6 6     IMJ: 78.02204
7 7     Falghera 2432
8 8     Lindgren I, 2428
9 9     Peus 326, 1 Nov. 1989, lot 698
10 10     Rauch 34, 14 Jan. 1985, lot 223