RPC III, 2861

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 2861
Province Galatia-Cappadocia
Region Galatia
City Koinon of Galatia
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Magistrate Titus Pomponius Bassus (presbeutes)
Issue Larger denomination
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ ΓΕΡ
Nominative Imperator Nerva Traianus Caesar Augustus Germanicus
Obverse design laureate head of Trajan, right
Reverse inscription ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΓΑΛΑ(ΤΙΑ)(Σ) ΕΠΙ ΠΟΜΠΩΝΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΣΟΥ
Reverse design Demeter seated left, holding ears of corn in her right hand, sceptre in left; anchor under throne
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Axis 7
Reference Stumpf 463b corr., 465b corr.
Specimens 5 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 5: same obv. die.
Note ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΓΑΛΑΤΙΑ ΕΠΙ ΠΟΜΠΩΝΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΣΟΥ: 3; ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΓΑΛΑΤΙΑΣ ΕΠΙ ΠΟΜΠΩΝΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΣΟΥ: 1, 2, 4; The obv. legend of 3 was read as ending in -ΣΕ ΓΕΡΜ (= Stumpf 463b) and 4 was read as ending in - ΣΕ ΓΕΡ (Stumpf 465b).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ A-KIKPE: FHW 20-G296
2 2     Zagreb 8957
3 3     Boston: 64.1938
4 4     vA 6126
5 5     Kölner Münzkabinett Auction 108, 7 Apr. 2018, lot 123