RPC IX, 980

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 980
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 VLTRI COL CR
Edition Ultri col(onia) Cr(emna)
Translation to Nemesis, the colony of Cremna
Reverse design Nemesis standing left, raising skirt with right hand; at feet, left, griffin placing forepaw on wheel
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 3.98 g
Axis 12
Reference vA Pisidien II, 1497–8
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same pair of dies. 1–3: same obv. die as 979/1–7.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1874,0716.77 BMC 13, pl. XXXV.8, rev., as Etruscus = vA Pisidien II, 1497, pl. 32, rev.
2 2     B vA Pisidien II, 1498
3 3     CGT coll.
4 4     CGT coll. = Naville 60, 27 Sept. 2020, lot 158