RPC IX, 346

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 346
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicomedia
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Hostilian (Caesar)
Obverse inscription Γ ΟΥΑ ΟⳞΤΙ ΜΕⳞ ΚΥΙΝΤΟΝ Κ
Nominative Gaius Valens Hostilianus Messius Quintus Caesar
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Hostilian, r., seen from front
Reverse inscription ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΩΝ ΔΙⳞ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Reverse design within wreath
Metal Æ
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.

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