| URI |
https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/9/43
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| Volume |
IX |
| Number |
43 |
| Province |
Moesia Superior
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| Region |
Moesia
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| City |
Viminacium
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| Reign |
Trajan Decius
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| Person (obv.) |
Hostilian (Caesar)
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| Issue |
AN XIII (in error, for AN XII)
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| 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)
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| 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 XIII |
| Edition |
P(rovincia) M(oesia) S(uperior) col(onia) Vim(inacium) an(no) XIII
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| Translation |
Province of Moesia Superior, colony Viminacium, in the year 13 |
| Reverse design |
Moesia standing left; at left, bull standing right; at right, lion standing left |
| Metal |
copper-based alloy |
| Average diameter |
26 mm |
| Average weight |
12.02 g |
| Axis |
5, 6 |
| Reference |
AMNG 158 |
| Specimens |
7 (3 in the core collections) |
| Note |
Following AMNG p. 52, AN XIII must be an engraver’s error for AN XII or hybrid coins. Indeed, Hostilian was already Augustus in AN XII (https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/4807, https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/4806 and https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/4805)
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