RPC IX, 34

 

Image of specimen #10

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 34
Province Moesia Superior
Region Moesia
City Viminacium
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Hostilian (Caesar)
Issue AN XII
Dating AD 250/1
Obverse inscription C VAL HOST M QVINTVS (C)(A)(E)
Edition C(aius) Val(ens) Host(ilianus) M(essius) Q(uintus) Caes(ar)
Translation Gaius Valens Hostilianus Messius Quintus Caesar
Obverse design bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Hostilian, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription P M S COL VIM, AN XII
Edition P(rovincia) M(oesia) S(uperior) col(onia) Vim(inacium) an(no) XII
Translation Province of Moesia Superior, Colony Viminacium, in the year 12
Reverse design Moesia standing left, holding branch and globe; at left, bull standing right; at right, lion standing left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 14.18 g
Axis 1, 2, 7, 8
Reference AMNG 150
Specimens 14 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1840,0921.362 BMC 37
2 2     NY: 1944.100.15217
3 3     V: GR 34855 AMNG 150
4 4     V: GR 7764 AMNG 150
5 5     Budapest SNG 471
6 6     Budapest SNG 474
7 7     Budapest SNG 475
8 8     Budapest SNG 476
9 9     Budapest SNG 477
10 10     ✸ CNG EA 348, 8 Apr. 2015, lot 422 = CNG EA 136, 29 Mar. 2006, lot 132
11 11     Emporium Hamburg 72, 13 Nov. 2014, lot 708
12 12     MünzZentrum 96, 10 Sept. 1998, lot 200
13 13     Rauch 79, 17 Nov. 2006, lot 2195 = CNG MBS 72, 14 June 2006, lot 1132
14 14     Rauch 83, 14 Nov. 2008, lot 374