RPC IX, 2195

 

Image of specimen #5

 

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 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 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

Number Number 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