RPC IX, 269

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 269
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Hostilian (Caesar)
Obverse inscription Γ ΟΥΑΛΕΝΤ ΜΕϹϹΙ ΚΥΙΝΤΟΝ Κ
Nominative Gaius Valens Messsius Quintus Caesar
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Hostilian, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ
Reverse design Homonoia seated left, holding patera and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Axis 1, 12
Reference Rec 763
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Mu
2 2     CGT coll.