RPC IX, 274

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 274
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Hostilian (Caesar)
Obverse inscription Γ ΟΥΑΛΕΝΤ ΟϹΤ ΜΕϹ ΚΥΙΝΤΟΝ Κ
Edition Γ(άϊον) Οὐαλέντ(α) Ὁστ(ιλιανὸν) Μέσ(σιον) Κύϊντον Κ(αίσαρα)
Translation for Gaius Valens Hostilianus Messius Quintus Caesar
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Hostilian, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ
Edition Νικαιέων
Translation of the Nicaeans
Reverse design Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 7.74 g
Axis 12
Reference Rec 764
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1173 Rec pl. LXXXVI.7, rev.
2 2     C: 278-1975
3 3     Yapı Kredi 208
4 4     Zeus Budget 16, 26 Feb. 2021, lot 284