RPC IX, 50

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 50
Province Moesia Superior
Region Moesia
City Viminacium
Reign Trebonianus Gallus
Person (obv.) Hostilian (Augustus)
Issue AN XII
Dating AD 251
Obverse inscription IMP C VAL HOST M QVINTVS AVG
Nominative Imperator Caesar Valens Hostilianus Messius Quintus Augustus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Hostilian, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription P M S COL VIM, AN XII
Reverse design Moesia standing left, holding two vexilla inscribed VII and IIII and sword; at left, bull standing right; at right, lion standing left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 11
Reference AMNG 156
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ V: GR 7769
2 2     Belgrade-Nar Martin 4.08.3
3 3     Private coll. = Martin 4.08.2, pl. IV, rev.
4 4     Rauch 88, 17 May 2011, lot 547