RPC IX, 346

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 346
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicomedia
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Hostilian (Caesar)
Obverse inscription Γ ΟΥΑ ΟϹΤΙ ΜΕϹ ΚΥΙΝΤΟΝ Κ
Nominative Gaius Valens Hostilianus Messius Quintus Caesar
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Hostilian, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΩΝ ΔΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Reverse design inscription in wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Axis 6, 12
Reference Weiser 163
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2, 4: same pair of dies. 3, 5–6: same pair of dies. 1–6: same obv. die as 346A/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1979,0101.1447 SNG vA 7131 = Kraft 204, 84
2 2     C: 220-1948 SNG 4125
3 3     Boston: 65.547
4 4     Cologne Weiser 163
5 5     Kölner Münzkabinett Tyll Kroha 106, 11 Mar. 2017, lot 362 = Schulten, Oct. 1986, lot 841
6 6     CGT coll. = Savoca 117th Blue, 13 Nov. 2021, lot 574