RPC II, 1628

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 1628
Province Galatia-Cappadocia
Region Galatia
City Pessinus
Reign Vespasian
Person (obv.) Vespasian (Augustus)
Magistrate Marcus Hirrius Fronto Neratius Pansa (legatus Augusti pro praetore)
Dating AD 77/8–79/80
Obverse inscription ΟΥΕΣΠΑΣΙΑΝΟΥ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΟϹ
Edition Οὐεσπασιανοῦ Καίσαρος
Translation of Vespasian Caesar
Obverse design laureate head of Vespasian, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΝΕΡΑΤΙΟΥ ΠΑΝϹΑ
Edition ἐπὶ Νερατίου Πάνσα
Translation under Neratius Pansa
Reverse design turreted head of Cybele (?), right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 8.27 g
Axis 1, 2, 7
Reference Stumpf 401 corr.
Specimens 5 (0 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)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     MünzZentrum 53, 1984, lot 1848 = Schweizerische Kreditanstalt 4, 3 Dec. 1985, lot 477 = CNG 93, 22 May 2013, lot 946 = CNG 93, 22 May 2013, lot 946
2 2     Amasya: 74.39.3 S. Ireland, Greek, Roman and Byzantine Coins in the Museum at Amasya (Ancient Amaseia), Turkey, London, 2000, no. 262
3 3     Amasya: 80.4.1 S. Ireland, Greek, Roman and Byzantine Coins in the Museum at Amasya (Ancient Amaseia), Turkey, London, 2000, no. 263
4 4     ✸ R. Effler coll. (ex Savoca 114 Blue, 25 Sept. 2021, lot 671)
5 5     CGT coll. = Demos 4, 26 Sept. 2021, lot 415