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URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/9/42 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
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 | 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 | 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) |