RPC IX, 2195

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 2195
Province Syria Palaestina
Region Judaea
City Aelia Capitolina
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Hostilian (Caesar)
Obverse inscription C VAL OST MES QVINTVS CAE
Edition Caius Valens Hostilianus Messius Quintus Caesar C(aius) Val(ens) <H>ost(ilianus) Mes(sius) Quintus Cae(sar)
Translation Gaius Valens Hostilianus Messius Quintus Caesar
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Hostilian, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription COL AEL KAP COMM P F
Edition colonia Aelia Kapitolina Commodiana Pia Felix col(onia) Ael(ia) Kap(itolina) Comm(odiana) P(ia) F(elix)
Translation colony of Aelia Capitolina Commodiana Pious Fortunate
Reverse design priest ploughing with two oxen, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 15.76 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference Kadman I I 194, Meshorer 178
Specimens 6 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 41
2 2     IMJ Sofaer 160
3 3     Ste Anne Decloedt, ‘Monnaies inédites du médaillier de Sainte-Anne’, RN 1912, p. 478
4 4     CNG 90, 23 May 2012, lot 1216
5 5     ✸ CNG MBS 82, 16 Sept. 2009, lot 879
6 6     Private coll. = Meshorer 178