RPC IX, 9

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 9
Province Moesia Superior
Region Moesia
City Viminacium
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Hostilian (Caesar)
Issue AN XII
Dating AD 250/1
Obverse inscription C VAL HOST M QVINTVS CAES
Edition C(aius) Val(ens) Host(ilianus) M(essius) Quintus Caes(ar)
Translation Gaius Valens Hostilianus Messius Quintus Caesar
Obverse design bare-headed, draped 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; at left, bull standing right; at right, lion standing left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 38 mm
Average weight 47.21 g
Axis 1
Reference AMNG 153
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 428 AMNG 153.1