RPC IX, 36

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 36
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 cornucopia in left hand; at left, bull standing right; at right, lion standing left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 11.68 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference AMNG 152
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ V: GR 7761
2 2     Budapest SNG 472
3 3     CGT coll.