RPC IX, 2109

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 2109
Province Syria Palaestina
Region Samaria
City Caesarea Maritima
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Hostilian (Caesar)
Obverse inscription HOSTILIANO QVINTO C(AES)
Edition Hostiliano Quinto Caes(ari)
Translation to Hostilian Quintus Caesar
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Hostilian, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription COL P F AV F C CAES METR(O)P
Edition col(onia) P(rima) F(lavia) Au(gusta) F(elix?) C(oncordia?) Caes(area) metr(o)p(olis)
Translation the first Flavian colony of Augusta Felix(?) Concordia(?), Caesarea, metropolis
Reverse design turreted bust of Fortuna, right, with drapery on shoulder
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 7.81 g
Axis 1, 6, 7
Reference BMC 198, Kadman II 188
Specimens 19 (7 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1889,0919.611 BMC 191
2 2     L: 1908,0110.1667 BMC 198
3 3     P: 113
4 4     B: Rauch
5 5     Mu
6 6     NY: 1905.57.644 SNG 844
7 7     O
8 8     Haifa-MA: 3/4
9 9     J-MJA: 65/840/3268
10 10     IAA
11 11     ✸ IMJ Sofaer 153
12 12     IMJ Sofaer 154
13 13     IMJ: 2010.065.29375
14 14     IMJ: 78.02202
15 15     J-SBF
16 16     St Petersburg
17 17     CNG EA 201, 17 Dec. 2008, lot 312
18 18     Gorny & Mosch 212, 5 Mar. 2013, lot 2534
19 19     Heritage 357, 9 Sept. 2004, lot 12134