RPC II, 1725

 

Image of specimen #1

 

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.)
Reverse design Athena standing, left, holding Nike in right hand, left hand resting on shield
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 12
Reference SNG France 1223
Specimens 6 (1 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, 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)