RPC III, 2834

 

Image of specimen #11

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 2834
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)(ΙΤ) ΠΟΜΠΩΝΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΣΟΥ (ΠΡ)
Edition ἐπὶ Τίτ(ου) Πομπωνίου Βάσσου πρ(εσβευτοῦ)
Translation under Titus Pomponius Bassus, ambassador
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 26 mm
Average weight 9.69 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference Stumpf 446 corr., 447
Specimens 13 (3 in the core collections)
Note ΕΠΙ Τ ΠΟΜΠΩΝΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΣΟΥ: 3, 9; ΕΠΙ Τ ΠΟΜΠΩΝΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΣΟΥ ΠΡ: 1, 2, 4, 7, 8; ΕΠΙ ΤΙΤ ΠΟΜΠΩΝΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΣΟΥ: 5, 6
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     O: Milne 1930
2 2     C SNG Leake 5385
3 3     B: 275/1911
4 4     Ankara 554 ( = Arslan, Taf. X, 28)
5 5     Ankara 38–2/2–89 ( = Arslan, Taf. X, 27)
6 6     Ankara 1577–7/3 ( = Arslan, Taf. X, 29)
7 7     vA 6119
8 8     vA 8722
9 9     Hirsch 229, 17–20 Sept. 2003, lot 2249
10 10     CGT coll., ex Pecunem 38, 6 Dec. 2015, lot 605
11 11     ✸ CNG EA 214, 15 July 2009, lot 324 (ex Schulten, 4 June 1982, lot 643; MM Deutschland 13, Righetti coll., 9 Oct. 2003, lot 490)
12 12     CGT coll.
13 13     CGT coll.