RPC IX, 2200

 

Image of specimen #16

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 2200
Province Syria Palaestina
Region Judaea
City Aelia Capitolina
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Hostilian (Caesar)
Obverse inscription C VAL OST MES QVINTVS CAE
Nominative Gaius Valens Hostilianus Messius Quintus Caesar
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Hostilian, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription COL AEL KAP COM(M) P F
Reverse design Fortuna standing with foot on rock, left, holding human bust and long sceptre; in front of her, legionary eagle, right; behind her, Victory on column; at feet, often, vase
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Axis 1, 12
Reference Kadman I I 196–7, Meshorer 179
Specimens 18 (5 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1908,0110.1994 BMC 109
2 2     L: 1908,0110.1995 BMC 108, pl. XI.4, rev.
3 3     P: 1327 (‘Berytus’) Bab 1327
4 4     B: Löbb.
5 5     B: Löbb.
6 6     J-MJA: 2421 Kadman I 197
7 7     J-MJA: 288 Kadman I 196
8 8     J-MJA: 3147 Kadman I 197
9 9     IMJ Sofaer 161
10 10     IMJ: 78.01643
11 11     Tel Aviv: 201 Kadman I 196
12 12     Tel Aviv: 202 Kadman I 196
13 13     Tel Aviv: 203 Kadman I 197
14 14     CNG EA 293, 19 Dec. 2012, lot 208
15 15     CNG EA 347, 25 Mar. 2015, lot 431 = CNG EA 273, 8 Feb. 2012, lot 264
16 16     ✸ CNG MBS 84, 5 May 2010, lot 909
17 17     Private coll. = Meshorer 179
18 18     Sternberg 34, 22 Oct. 1998, lot 318