RPC IX, 50

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 50
Province Moesia Superior
Region Moesia
City Viminacium
Reign Trebonianus Gallus
Person (obv.) Hostilian (Augustus)
Issue AN XII
Dating AD 251
Obverse inscription IMP C VAL HOST M QVINTVS AVG
Edition Imp(erator) C(aesar) Val(ens) Host(ilianus) M(essius) Quintus Aug(ustus)
Translation Emperor Caesar Valens Hostilianus Messius Quintus Augustus
Obverse design laureate 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 two vexilla inscribed VII and IIII and sword; at left, bull standing right; at right, lion standing left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 11.57 g
Axis 11
Reference AMNG 156
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ V: GR 7769
2 2     Belgrade-Nar Martin 4.08.3
3 3     Private coll. = Martin 4.08.2, pl. IV, rev.
4 4     Rauch 88, 17 May 2011, lot 547