RPC IX, 2295

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 2295
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Hostilian (Caesar)
Issue L Β = year 2
Dating AD 250/1
Obverse inscription Γ ΟΥΑΛ ΟϹΤΙΛ ΜΕϹ ΚΥΙΝΤΟϹ Κ
Edition Γ(άϊος) Οὐάλ(ενς) Ὀστιλ(ιανὸς) Μέσ(σιος) Κύϊντος Κ(αῖσαρ)
Translation Gaius Valens Hostilianus Messius Quintus Caesar
Obverse design bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Hostilian, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription L Β
Edition (ἔτους) βʹ
Translation of year 2
Reverse design Roma (?) standing left, raising right arm and holding sceptre and paludamentum
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 11.69 g
Axis 12
Reference Geissen 2829
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Bern: Righetti 2843 Schulman NY, 17 June 1958, lot 469 = Schulman NY, 6 June 1969 (Mabbott coll.), lot 2579
2 2     ✸ Cologne Geissen 2829
3 3     DS pl. 268.10507