RPC IX, 35

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 35
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 CAE
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 cornucopia in right hand; at left, bull standing right; at right, lion standing left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 13.82 g
Axis 1, 2
Reference AMNG 151
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.15216
2 2     ✸ V: GR 38846, Lacom Fund Carnuntum AMNG 148
3 3     V: GR 7765 AMNG 151
4 4     Belgrade-Nar Martin 4.04.5
5 5     MünzZentrum 74, 11 Nov. 1992, lot 169