RPC IX, 2296


Image of specimen #1

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/9/2296 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
Volume	IX
Number	2296
Province	Egypt
Region	Egypt
City	Alexandria
Reign	Trajan Decius
Person (obv.)	Hostilian (Caesar)
Issue	L Β = year 2
Dating	AD 250/1
Obverse inscription	Γ ΟΥΑΛ ΟϹΤΙΛ ΜΕϹ ΚΥΙΝΤΟϹ Κ
Edition	Γ(άϊος) Οὐάλ(ενς) Ὀστιλ(ιανὸς) Μέσ(σιος) Κύϊντος Κ(αῖσαρ)
Translation	Gaius Valens Hostilianus Messius Quintus Caesar
Obverse design	bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Hostilian, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription	L - Β
Edition	(ἔτους) βʹ
Translation	of year 2
Reverse design	laureate head of Zeus, right, with traces of drapery
Metal	debased silver
Average diameter	24 mm
Average weight	12.70 g
Axis	11, 12
Reference	D 5109, Geissen 2830, M 3816
Specimens	19 (8 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	More
1	1 ✸	L: 1864,1118.852	BMC 2098	24	12.81	11	Show
2	2	P: 1933, Maspero		24	12.99	11	Show
3	3	B: 287/1877		24	13.33	12	Show
4	4	B: Löbb.		23	12.46	12	Show
5	5	NY: 1935.117.886		23	13.35	12	Show
6	6	NY: 1944.100.67176		23	13.59	12	Show
7	7	O: HCR31339	M 3816	25	14.02	12	Show
8	8	V: GR 27632		24	13.04	11	Show
9	9	A: 4292	Demetrio 2933	23	9.88	11	Show
10	10	Cologne	Geissen 2830	23	11.52	12	Show
11	11		CNA MBS 21, 26 June 1992, lot 532	24	12.31		Show
12	12		CNG 53, 15 Mar. 2000, lot 1241		13.64		Show
13	13		CNG EA 113, 11 May 2005, lot 207	24	12.49		Show
14	14		D 5109 = DS pl. 268	23			Show
15	15		J. Aiello coll.				Show
16	16		Lanz 92, 4 June 1999, lot 1071	24	12.53		Show
17	17		Missere 1211	22	11.70	12	Show
18	18		Roma Numismatics IV, 30 Sept. 2012, lot 765	24	13.60	12	Show
19	19		Sternberg 10, 25 Nov. 1980, lot 534	25	12.57		Show