RPC IX, 2214

 

Image of specimen #9

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 2214
Province Arabia
Region Arabia
City Bostra
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Herennius Etruscus (Caesar) ; Hostilian (Caesar)
Obverse inscription IMP M DECIVS ET C VALENS CVINTVS CAISARES
Nominative Imperator Messius Decius et Gaius Valens Quintus Caesares
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Etruscus, right, seen from front, facing radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Hostilian, left, seen from front
Reverse inscription CONCORDIA BOSTREN(O)RVM
Reverse design Jupiter Ammon standing right, in military dress, with headdress of ram’s horns and disk, giving hand to Fortuna standing left, holding cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Axis 1, 6, 7, 12
Reference Spijkerman 70, Kindler 56
Specimens 11 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 371/4 de Saulcy p. 370, no. 1, pl. XXI.13 = Kindler 56, pl. IV, corr
2 2     NY: 1944.100.69313 SNG 1256
3 3     NY: 1961.154.181 SNG 1255
4 4     IMJ Sofaer 59
5 5     IMJ: 82.04231
6 6     J-SBF Spijkerman 70
7 7     J-SBF Spijkerman 70
8 8     Tel Aviv Kindler 56
9 9     ✸ Münster: 1106 CNG EA 273, 8 Feb. 2012, lot 302
10 10     MünzZentrum 47, 10 Nov. 1982, lot 258
11 11     Schulman NY, 6 June 1969 (Mabbott coll.), lot 2868