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III, 2833
Image of specimen #1
Coin type
URI
https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/2833
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Volume
III
Number
2833
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 ΣΕΒΑΣΤ
Nominative
Imperator Nerva Caesar Augustus
Obverse design
laureate head of Nerva, right
Reverse inscription
ΕΠΙ (Τ)(Ι) ΠΟΜΠΩΝΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΣΟΥ (ΠΡ)
Reverse design
Mên standing left, with chiton, cloak and oriental tiara, crescent on shoulder, holding patera in his extended right hand
Metal
copper-based alloy
Average diameter
25 mm
Axis
6
Reference
Stumpf 448
Specimens
5 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links
1, 4: same obv. die.
Note
ΕΠΙ Τ ΠΟΜΠΩΝΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΣΟΥ ΠΡ: 1; ΕΠΙ ΤΙ ΠΟΜΠΩΝΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΣΟΥ: 2-5; The obverse legend of 1 does not end in ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ as stated by Stumpf (Stumpf 446d), but in ΣΕΒΑΣΤ: in fact the T is hardly visible but 1 and 4 share the same obv. die. On 4, the T is perfectly legible.
Specimens of this coin type
Number
Number
Obverse
Reverse
Museum
Bibliography
Diameter
Weight
Axis
Note
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1
1
✸
P: 50
Wa 6595 = SNG 2413
25.6
10.36
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2
2
Cop
SNG 104
8.85
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3
3
Yale: ex PRF coll.
10.92
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4
4
vA 6120
11.53
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5
5
O
23.8
7.01
6
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