RPC IX, 831

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 831
Province Phrygia-Caria
Subprovince Conventus of Apamea
Region Phrygia
City Metropolis
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Hostilian (Caesar)
Obverse inscription ΜΕϹϹΙΟϹ ΚΥΙΝΤΟϹ ΚΑΙ
Edition Μέσσιος Κύϊντος Καῖ(σαρ)
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 20 mm
Average weight 5.45 g
Axis 7, 12
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1726E
2 2     ✸ Winterthur: 4188