RPC I, 4002A

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 4002A
Province Syria
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Trachea
City Pompeiopolis
Reign Tiberius
Person (obv.) Pompey
Issue Year 96
Dating AD 30/1
Obverse inscription
Obverse design head of Pompey, right; (to right, star)
Reverse inscription ΠΟΜΠΗΙΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ, (ΕΤΟΥϹ) ϘϚ
Edition Πομπηϊοπολιτῶν ἔτους ϙϛʹ
Translation of the Pompeiopolitans, of year 96
Reverse design Athena, standing left, with Nike and spear and shield; in field, letters
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 9.48 g
Axis 12
Reference BMC 48, Cop 245, Boyce, Pompeiopolis 24-25
Specimens 5 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies. 3–4: same pair of dies. 1–4, 6: same obv. die as 4002/1–2.
Note A rather disparate group of reverses, but all with the same obv. die. All seem to include ϘϚ somewhere on the rev., presumably the date 96.

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