RPC IX, 829


Image of specimen #1

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/9/829 json ttl rdf xml
Volume	IX
Number	829
Province	Phrygia-Caria
Subprovince	Conventus of Apamea
Region	Phrygia
City	Metropolis
Reign	Trajan Decius
Person (obv.)	Hostilian (Caesar)
Obverse inscription	ΜΕϹϹΙΟϹ ΚΥΙΝΤΟϹ Κ
Nominative	Messius Quintus Caesar
Obverse design	bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Hostilian, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription	ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ, ΦΡΥ
Reverse design	Dionysus standing left, holding cantharus over panther and thyrsus
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	21 mm
Axis	6, 12
Reference	BMC 7
Specimens	6 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links	1–5: same pair of dies. 1–5: same obv. die as 830/1–3.

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	More
1	1 ✸	L: 1903,0204.176	BMC 7	22	6.55	6	Show
2	2	P: 1726F	Wa 6337	20	5.95	12	Show
3	3	NY: 1970.232.3		21	5.69	6	Show
4	4	V-ON	Leypold 1691 = MünzZentrum 72, 2 Dec. 1991, lot 667	22	5.16	6	Show
5	5		CGT coll.	22	4.81	6	Show
6	6		HI coll.	21	4.59	6	Show