RPC IX, 2296

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 2296
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
Nominative Gaius Valens Hostilianus Messius Quintus Caesar
Obverse design bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Hostilian, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription L - Β
Reverse design laureate head of Zeus, right, with traces of drapery
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Axis 11, 12
Reference D 5109, Geissen 2830, M 3816
Specimens 19 (8 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1864,1118.852 BMC 2098
2 2     P: 1933, Maspero
3 3     B: 287/1877
4 4     B: Löbb.
5 5     NY: 1935.117.886
6 6     NY: 1944.100.67176
7 7     O: HCR31339 M 3816
8 8     V: GR 27632
9 9     A: 4292 Demetrio 2933
10 10     Cologne Geissen 2830
11 11     CNA MBS 21, 26 June 1992, lot 532
12 12     CNG 53, 15 Mar. 2000, lot 1241
13 13     CNG EA 113, 11 May 2005, lot 207
14 14     D 5109 = DS pl. 268
15 15     J. Aiello coll.
16 16     Lanz 92, 4 June 1999, lot 1071
17 17     Missere 1211
18 18     Roma Numismatics IV, 30 Sept. 2012, lot 765
19 19     Sternberg 10, 25 Nov. 1980, lot 534