RPC IX, 42

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 42
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 Caius Valens Hostilianus Messius Quintus Caesar C(aius) Val(ens) Host(ilianus) M(essius) Q(uintus) Caes(ar)
Translation Gaius Valens Hostilianus Messius Quintus Caesar
Obverse design bare-headed and cuirassed bust of Hostilian, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription P M S COL VIM, AN XII
Edition Provincia Moesia Superior colonia Viminacium anno XII 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; at left, bull standing right; at right, lion standing left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 4.48 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference AMNG 149
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 432
2 2     V: GR 7763
3 3     Budapest SNG 473
4 4     Helios 5, 25 June 2010, lot 558 = Helios 2, 25 Nov. 2008, lot 403
5 5     Roma Numismatics E-Sale 15, 31 Jan. 2015, lot 376