RPC IX, 1440

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1440
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Mallus
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Hostilian (Caesar)
Obverse inscription S VALEN OCTIL MEC QVINTVM CAETVM (sic)
Nominative Gaius Valens Hostilianus Messius Quintus Caesar
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Hostilian, left, seen from rear
Reverse inscription MALLO COLONIA ΔΕΙ AMPILOCHI
Reverse design agonistic crown containing two palms on tabula inscribed S C
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Axis 6, 7
Reference SNG France 1932
Specimens 7 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2, 5: same pair of dies.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 729 SNG 1932
2 2     B: 36/1976
3 3     B: Löbb.
4 4     ✸ Yale: 2004.6.3369
5 5     SNG Levante 1296 = CNG EA 134, 1 Mar. 2006, lot 227
6 6     CGT coll.
7 7     Biga Numismatics EA 21, 1 July 2023, lot 368 (Elagabalus, Anazarbus)