RPC II, 1725

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 1725
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Trachea
City Pompeiopolis
Reign Domitian
Person (obv.) Pompey
Issue Year 149
Dating AD 83/4
Obverse inscription
Obverse design head of Pompey, r; in front, star of six rays
Reverse inscription ΠΟΜΠΗΙΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ ΘΜΡ ΠΡ ΑΛΚ, ΜΗΝΕ - ΜΑ (in field, r. and l.)
Edition Πομπηϊοπολειτῶν θμρ' ΑΛΚ ΜΗΝΕ ΜΑ
Translation of the Pompeiopolitans, 149, ALK MENE MA
Reverse design Athena standing, left, holding Nike in right hand, left hand resting on shield
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 9.94 g
Axis 12
Reference Boyce, Pompeiopolis 30-31
Specimens 13 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same rev. die as 1723/1–5.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1057 SNG 1223
2 2     The Fountenhead of Fine Coins cat. 10, Winter 1977, lot 531 (ex MM 13, 1954, lot 918; Leu-MM, Niggeler 2, 1966, lot 651; MM 41, 1970, lot 572)
3 3     CNG 43, 24 Sept. 1997, lot 1020 = RBW coll
4 4     Lanz 92, 4–5 June 1999, lot 344
5 5     CGT coll.
6 6     A. Tricarico coll. (ex Naumann 82, 6 Oct. 2019, lot 358)
7 7     L: 1893,1004.34 BMC 50
8 8     ✸ Peus 400, 22 Apr. 2010, lot 257
9 9     Baldwin’s The New York Sale IV, 17 Jan. 2002, lot 304
10 10     Inumis, 8 Dec. 2014, lot 10
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Inumis, 8 Dec. 2014, lot 10


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