RPC IX, 271

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 271
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Hostilian (Caesar)
Obverse inscription Γ ΟΥΑΛΕΝΤ ΟϹΤ ΜΕϹ ΚΥΙΝΤΟΝ Κ
Edition Γ(άϊον) Οὐαλέντ(α) Ὁστ(ιλιανὸν) Μέσ(σιον) Κύϊντον Κ(αίσαρα)
Translation for Gaius Valens Hostilianus Messius Quintus Caesar
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Hostilian, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ
Edition Νικαιέων
Translation of the Nicaeans
Reverse design to left, Hygieia standing right, feeding serpent from patera; in centre, Telesphorus standing facing; to right, Asclepius standing left, holding serpent staff
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 8.31 g
Axis 1
Reference Rec 762
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same pair of dies.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1171 Rec pl. LXXXVII.4, rev.
2 2     Cologne Weiser 142
3 3     Cologne Weiser 143