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 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)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number 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