RPC IX, 2294

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 2294
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 Eirene standing left, holding ears of corn and caduceus
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 12.93 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference D 5108, Geissen 2828, M 3822a
Specimens 16 (7 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1864,1118.851 BMC 2099, pl. VII, rev.
2 2     P: 1932, Maspero
3 3     P: 1934, Maspero
4 4     P: 3362
5 5     B: Fox
6 6     NY: 1975.160.18
7 7     O: HCR31340 M 3822a
8 8     A: 1897-1898, IH, 1223 Demetrio 2933A
9 9     Cologne Geissen 2828
10 10     Milan SNG 1688
11 11     Yale: 2001.87.3758
12 12     CNG 91, 19 Sept. 2012, lot 802
13 13     D 5108
14 14     J. Aiello coll.
15 15     M&M GmbH 12, 10 Apr. 2003, lot 652
16 16     J. Okun-Dubitsky coll. = Nomos obolos 34, 10 Nov. 2024, lot 779 = CNG, Triton IV, 5 Dec. 2000, lot 383 = Empire, 5 May 1983, lot 245 = Malloy 14, 2 July 1979, lot 574 = Münzhandlung Basel 6, 16 Mar. 1936, lot 1199.