RPC III, 2828

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 2828
Province Galatia-Cappadocia
Region Galatia
City Ancyra
Reign Nerva
Person (obv.) Nerva (Augustus)
Magistrate Titus Pomponius Bassus (presbeutes and antistrategos)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΩΡ ΝΕΡΟΥΑΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕΒΑ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Νέρουας Καῖσαρ Σεβαστό(ς)
Translation Emperor Nerva Caesar Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Nerva, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ Τ ΠΟΜΠΩΝΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΟΥ ΠΡΕΣΒΕΥ ΑΝ(Τ), ΑΝ-ΚΥ/ΡΑ-Σ (in field, l. and r.)
Edition ἐπὶ Τ(ίτου) Πομπώνιου Βάσ<σ>ου πρεσβευ(τοῦ) ἀντ(ιστρατήγου) 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
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 20.98 g
Reference Stumpf 427 corr., 432
Specimens 11 (6 in the core collections)
Die-links 2, 5, 8, 10–11: same obv. die. 7, 9: same obv. die.
Note ΕΠΙ Τ ΠΟΜΠΩΝΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΟΥ ΠΡΕΣΒΕΥ ΑΝ: 1-9; ΕΠΙ Τ ΠΟΜΠΩΝΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΟΥ ΠΡΕΣΒΕΥ ΑΝΤ; 10, 11; 2, 10 and 11: globe in pediment.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 3
2 2     L BMC 4
3 3     O: (Baldwin 1950)
4 4     O
5 5     ✸ P: 79 SNG 2442
6 6     B: I-B
7 7     Ankara 1071–1 ( = Arslan, Taf. X, 24)
8 8     Ankara 72–1–89 ( = Arslan, Taf. X, 26)
9 9     Ca (Ma) HUAM 1983.56.220
10 10     MM Deutschland 13, Righetti coll., 9 Oct. 2003, lot 493 (ex MünzZentrum 64, 15 Apr. 1988, lot 202)
11 11     Lanz 117, 24 Nov. 2003, lot 427