RPC I, 4000B

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 4000B
Province Syria
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Trachea
City Pompeiopolis
Reign Uncertain
Person (obv.) Pompey
Obverse inscription
Obverse design head of Pompey, right; behind, letters
Reverse inscription ΠΟΜΠΗΙΑΝΩΝ, ΑΝ
Edition Πομπηϊανῶν Ἀν(—)
Translation of the Pompeians, An—(?)
Reverse design Nike advancing right, with palm and wreath; to left, monogram; to right, letters
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 7.38 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference Boyce, Pompeiopolis 3
Specimens 8 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 7: same pair of dies. 1–2, 7: same obv. die. 4–5: same obv. die as 4000C/1.
Note As pointed out by Boyce, some coins with ΠΟΜΠΗΙΑΝΩΝ share a die with a coin with ΠΟΜΠΗΙΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ (see https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/92519). The monograms on the reverses are very hard to make out.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: 18301630, 1900 Imhoof-Blumer Boyce 3c = Imhoof-Blumer, JHS 18 (1898), p. 166 no. 13
2 2     B: 18301632, 1900 Imhoof-Blumer Boyce 3c = Imhoof-Blumer, JHS 18 (1898), p. 166 no. 14 with pl. 12.12
3 3     NY Newell = Boyce 3a
4 4     St Petersburg Boyce 3d
5 5     L: 1981,0301.374 ex Lockett = Boyce 3e
6 6     Roma Numismatics EA 52, 10 Jan. 2019, lot 484 = Roma Numismatics EA 70, 7 May 2020, lot 916 = Roma Numismatics EA 84, 16 June 2021, lot 1096
7 7     Leu 4, 25 May 2019, lot 505 = Leu WA 12, 30 May 2020, lot 873
9 9     St Paul Antiques 14, 17 Dec. 207, lot 242