RPC II, 1627

 

Image of specimen #19

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 1627
Province Galatia-Cappadocia
Region Galatia
City Pessinus
Reign Vespasian
Person (obv.) Vespasian (Augustus)
Magistrate Gnaeus Pompeius Collega (legatus Augusti pro praetore)
Dating c. AD 75/6–77/8
Obverse inscription ΚΑΙΣΑΡΙ ΣΕΒΑΣ(ΤΩ) ΟΥΕΣΠΑΣΙΑΝΩ
Obverse design laureate head of Vespasian, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ Ν ΠΟΜΠΗΙΟΥ [ΚΟΛΛ]ΗΓΑ
Reverse design turreted head of Cybele (?), right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Axis 5, 6, 7, 8, 12
Reference GM p. 753, no. 760, Stumpf 387
Specimens 20 (1 in the core collections)
Note The attribution to Pessinus suggested here is due to the reverse type, which echoes RPC I, 3554. But the fact that one specimen of 1627 was probably found at (or around) Samsun, three others at (or around Amaseia) and two of 1628 at (or around) Amaseia, quite far from Pessinus, may indicate that the attribution to Pessinus (?) needs to be seriously questioned.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: I-B GM p. 753, no. 760, pl. XIII, 14
2 2     Milan: 1987/18/117
3 3     Bern SNG Righetti 1750
4 4     Samsun
5 5     Boutkowski 1886 = cast in Winterthur
6 6     St Petersburg cast in Winterthur
7 7     Warsaw: 66521
8 8     CGT coll. (ex G. Rohde VCoins 7302)
9 9     Amasya: 76.15.23 S. Ireland, Greek, Roman and Byzantine Coins in the Museum at Amasya (Ancient Amaseia), Turkey, London, 2000, no. 1762
10 10     Amasya: 78.2.21 S. Ireland, Greek, Roman and Byzantine Coins in the Museum at Amasya (Ancient Amaseia), Turkey, London, 2000, no. 1763
11 11     Amasya: 84.8.31 S. Ireland, Greek, Roman and Byzantine Coins in the Museum at Amasya (Ancient Amaseia), Turkey, London, 2000, no. 1998
12 12     R. Effler coll. (ex Levante 888 = RPC II, 1722/1 (Pompeipolis)
13 13     A. Tricarico coll.
14 14     Naumann 85, 5 Jan. 2020, lot 327 = Naumann 83, 3 Nov. 2019, lot 532 ('Pompeiopolis')
15 15     Nomos obolos 15, 24 May 2020, lot 670
16 16     Hauck & Aufhäuser 21, 17 Mar. 2009, lot 293
17 17     R. Effler coll.
18 18     Zeus Numismatics Budget Auction 12, 28-29 Aug. 2020, lot 1572 = Zeus Numismatics Web Auction 23, 6 Mar. 2022, lot 518
19 19     ✸ Naumann 98, 3 Jan. 2012, lot 600
20 20     Biga Numismatics EA 24, 22 Oct. 2023, lot 357