RPC IX, 829

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
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
Edition Μέσσιος Κύϊντος Κ(αῖσαρ)
Translation Messius Quintus Caesar
Obverse design bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Hostilian, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ, ΦΡΥ
Edition Μητροπολειτῶν Φρυ(γίας)
Translation of the Metropolitans of Phrygia
Reverse design Dionysus standing left, holding cantharus over panther and thyrsus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 5.46 g
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.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1903,0204.176 BMC 7
2 2     P: 1726F Wa 6337
3 3     NY: 1970.232.3
4 4     V-ON Leypold 1691 = MünzZentrum 72, 2 Dec. 1991, lot 667
5 5     CGT coll.
6 6     HI coll.