RPC IX, 921

 

Image of specimen #9

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 921
Province Lycia-Pamphylia
Region Pisidia
City Baris
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Hostilian (Caesar)
Obverse inscription ΜΕϹϹΙΟΝ ΚΥΙΝΤΟΝ Κ
Edition Μέσσιον Κύϊ(ντον) Κ(αίσαρα)
Translation for Messius Quintus Caesar
Obverse design bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Hostilian, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΒΑΡΗΝΩΝ
Edition Βαρηνῶν
Translation of the Baritians
Reverse design temple with two columns enclosing Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 7.18 g
Axis 12
Reference vA Pisidien II, 337–40
Specimens 9 (5 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–9: same pair of dies. 1–9: same obv. die as 922/1. 1–9: same rev. die as 912A/1.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 283 vA Pisidien II, 339 = SNG 1403
2 2     B: I-B MG, p. 336, no. 71 = vA Pisidien II, 337, pl. 9
3 3     B: Rauch KM, p. 367, no. 8, pl. XII.26 = vA Pisidien II, 338
4 4     Mu SNG 66 (‘Bageis’) = GRPCL Bagis 113 (illustrated)
5 5     V: GR 38648 vA Pisidien II, 340
6 6     Anamur SNG 88
7 7     P-AIBL Fonds Robert 842
8 8     R. Becker coll. = Stack’s, 28 Apr. 2010, lot 277
9 9     ✸ Nomos, Obolos 15, 24 May 2020, lot 649