RPC III, 2826

 

Image of specimen #10

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 2826
Province Galatia-Cappadocia
Region Galatia
City Ancyra
Reign Nerva
Person (obv.) Nerva (Augustus)
Magistrate Titus Pomponius Bassus (presbeutes and antistrategos)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟ ΝΕΡΟΥΑΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ
Edition Αὐτο(κράτωρ) Νέρουας Καῖσαρ Σεβαστός
Translation Emperor Nerva Caesar Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Nerva, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ Τ ΠΟΜΠΩΝ(ΙΟΥ) ΒΑΣ(Σ)ΟΥ ΠΡΕΣΒΕΥ ΑΝΤΙ(ΣΤ)(Ρ), ΑΝ-ΚΥ/ΡΑ-Σ (in field, l. and r.)
Edition ἐπὶ Τ(ίτου) Πομπωνίου Βάσσου πρεσβευ(τοῦ) ἀντιστρ(ατήγου) Ἀνκύρας
Translation under Titus Pomponius Bassus, presbeutes (and) antistrategos, of Ancyra
Reverse design temple with six columns (temple of Roma and Augustus) on podium with steps; in pediment, eagle and globe or globe only
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 21.49 g
Axis 7, 12
Reference Stumpf 428, 429, 431
Specimens 9 (2 in the core collections)
Note ΕΠΙ Τ ΠΟΜΠΩΝ ΒΑΣΣΟΥ ΠΡΕΣΒΕΥ ΑΝΤΙΣΤΡ: 4; ΕΠΙ Τ ΠΟΜΠⲰΝΙ ΒΑΣΟΥ ΠΡΕΣΒΕΥ ΑΝΤΙΣΤΡ: 5; ΕΠΙ Τ ΠΟΜΠΩΝΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΟΥ ΠΡΕΣΒΕΥ ΑΝΤΙ: 2; ΕΠΙ Τ ΠΟΜΠΩΝΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΟΥ ΠΡΕΣΒΕΥ ΑΝΤΙΣΤ: 1, 3; ΕΠΙ Τ ΠΟΜΠΩΝΙΟΥ [ΒΑΣΟΥ ΠΡΕΣΒΕ]Υ ΑΝΤΙΣΤΡ; ΕΠΙ Τ ΠΟΜΠⲰ ΒΑΣΟΥ ΠΡΕΣΒΕΥ ΑΝΤΙΣΤΡ: 10
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 78 Wa 6606 = SNG 2443 = Price and Trell, Fig. 379: rev. identified as a coin of Nero
2 2     B: I-B
3 3     Formerly Munich Deposit
4 4     Saarbrück, Institut für Alte Geschichte des Saarlandes
5 5     CNG EA 77, 12 Nov. 2003, lot 85
7 7     Agora 73, 27 Mar. 2018, lot 181
8 8     CGT coll., ex Naumann Auction 65, 6 May 2018, lot 390
9 9     CGT coll., ex Gerhard Rohde
10 10     ✸ R. Effler coll. (ex Papillon Numismatic 6, 7 May 2021, lot 321; Leu EA 26, 9 July 2023, lot 2349 ; Leu EA 29, 24-26 Feb. 2024, lot 1347)