PISIDIA. Baris. Hostilian, as Caesar, 250-251. Tetrassarion (Orichalcum, 24 mm, 7.84 g, 1 h). ΜЄϹϹΙΟΝ ΚΥΙΝΤΟΝ Κ Bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Hostilian to right. Rev. BAPHNΩN Distyle temple with scalloped roofing tiles or Holy Mountain in pediment; within, statue of Tyche standing front, head to left, holding rudder in her right hand and cornucopiae in her left. Imhoof-Blumer, KM, p. 367. 7 ('gewölbte Ziegel'). RPC IX 921. Von Aulock, Pisidien II, 337-340 (same dies, pediment described as 'Berg?'). Rare and with a charming portrait of the young Caesar. Minor flan fault on the obverse, otherwise, good very fine.


Imhoof-Blumer believed that the pediment on this issue shows scalloped roofing tiles, but von Aulock, who rightly noticed that temple pediments usually do not consist of tiles, suggested that the design might in fact be a representation of a Holy Mountain instead.