RPC III, 2842

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 2842
Province Galatia-Cappadocia
Region Galatia
City Koinon of Galatia
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Magistrate Titus Pomponius Bassus (presbeutes)
Issue Larger denomination
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕ ΓΕΡΜ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Νέρ(ουας) Τραιανὸς Καῖσαρ Σε(βαστὸς) Γερμ(ανικός)
Translation Emperor Nerva Traianus Caesar Augustus Germanicus
Obverse design laureate head of Trajan, right
Reverse inscription ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΓΑΛΑΤΙΑΣ ΕΠΙ ΠΟΝΠΩΝΙΟΥ ΒΑΣ(ΣΟΥ)
Edition Κοινὸν Γαλατίας ἐπὶ Πονπωνίου Βάσσου
Translation Koinon of Galatia under Pomponius Bassus
Reverse design Zeus seated left, holding thunderbolt in his right hand and left resting on sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 21.41 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Stumpf 450, 451, 454, 461
Specimens 8 (4 in the core collections)
Note ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΓΑΛΑΤΙΑΣ ΕΠΙ ΠΟΝΠΩΝΙΟΥ ΒΑΣ: 4; ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΓΑΛΑΤΙΑΣ ΕΠΙ ΠΟΝΠΩΝΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΣΟΥ: 2, 3, 5, 6, 7; ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΓΑΛΑΤΙΑΣ ΕΠΙ ΠΟΝΠΩΝΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΣΟΥ: 1; The reverse of P 51 is described by Stumpf as Zeus with eagle (= Stumpf 461a). But there is no eagle behind Zeus.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 1
2 2     C McClean 9194
3 3     P: 51 Wa 6598 = SNG 2419
4 4     Formerly Munich Deposit ( = Stumpf, Taf. XV, 7)
5 5     Amsterdam: S 2697
6 6     ✸ NY: 1944.100.62222 Stumpf Taf. XV, 8
7 7     Falghera 698
8 8     CGT coll. = Savoca 27 Blue, 29 Dec. 2019, lot 924