RPC IX, 979

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 979
Province Lycia-Pamphylia
Region Pisidia
City Cremna
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Hostilian (Caesar)
Obverse inscription IMP CAES MESS QVINTVM
Edition Imp(eratorem) Caes(arem) Mess(ium) Quintum
Translation for Emperor Caesar Messius Quintus
Obverse design bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Hostilian, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription PROP COL CR
Edition Prop(ylaeus) col(onia) Cr(emna)
Translation (Apollo) Propylaeus; the colony of Cremna
Reverse design nude Apollo advancing right, with quiver on shoulder, holding strung bow
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 16 mm
Average weight 3.54 g
Axis 1, 6, 12
Reference vA Pisidien II, 1491–6
Specimens 9 (5 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–7: same pair of dies. 1–7: same obv. die as 980/1–3.
Note Same reverse die as Valerian, vA Pisidien II, 1524-6
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1925,0507.13 vA Pisidien II, 1493
2 2     P: 384 Wa 3717 (‘Etruscus’) = vA Pisidien II, 1492 = SNG 1520
3 3     C: Mossop vA Pisidien II, 1491, pl. 32
4 4     Mu vA Pisidien II, 1495
5 5     NY: 1974.226.152 vA Pisidien II, 1496
6 6     ex G. Plankenhorn coll. = vA Pisidien II, 1494 = Gorny & Mosch 126, 13 Oct. 2003, lot 1957 = Gorny & Mosch 126, 14 Oct. 2003, lot 1957
7 7     Giessener 104, 9 Oct. 2000, lot 712
8 8     CGT coll. (ex G. Rohde)
9 9     M. Suárez coll.