RPC IX, 1457

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1457
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Aegeae
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Hostilian (Caesar)
Issue Year ΖϘϹ = 297
Dating AD 250/1
Obverse inscription Γ ΟΥ ΟϹ Μ ΚΥΙΝΤΟϹ Θ ΚΥ ϹΕΒΑ
Edition Γ(άιος) Οὐ(άλενς) Ὁσ(τιλιανὸς) Μ(έσσιος) Κύιντος Θ(εοῦ) Κυ(ίντου) Σεβα(στοῦ)
Translation Gaius Valens Hostilianus Messius Quintus, son of the divine Quintus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Hostilian, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΙΓΕΑΙωΝ ΝΕωΚΟΡΟΥ, ΖϘϹ
Edition Αἰγεαίων νεωκόρου ζϙσʹ
Translation of the Aegeaeans, neocorate, 297
Reverse design draped, veiled and diademed bust of Hygieia, right, serpent around shoulder feeding from patera
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 11.44 g
Axis 6
Reference Haymann 225
Specimens 6 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–6: same pair of dies.
Note Ziegler, p. 176, expands the obv. inscription as Γάιος Ουάλενς Οστιλιανός Μέσσιος Κουίντος Θεοῦ Κυίντου Υἱὸς Σεβαστοῦ.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 5/1908
2 2     Düsseldorf: Ls4252.32.50 Ziegler 1401
3 3     Künker list 142, Aug. 1998, lot 113
4 4     SNG Levante 1785 = CNG EA 106, 19 Jan. 2005, lot 122
5 5     Tahberer 218
6 6     ✸ Tahberer 219