RPC IX, 830

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 830
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 ΦΡ
Edition Μητροπολειτῶν Φρ(υγίας)
Translation of the Metropolitans of Phrygia
Reverse design four ears of corn bound together in sheaf
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 5.30 g
Axis 6
Reference BMC 8
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same pair of dies. 1–3: same obv. die as 829/1–5.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1874,0716.171 BMC 8, pl. XXXIX.2
2 2     ✸ L: 1979,0101.2282 SNG vA 3884
3 3     Egger 46, 11 May 1914 (Prowe III), lot 1793