RPC III, 2848

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 2848
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 ΠΟΜΠΩΝΙΟΥ Β(ΑΣ)
Edition Κοινὸν Γαλατίας ἐπὶ Πομπωνίου Βάσ(σου)
Translation Koinon of Galatia under Pomponius Bassus
Reverse design Zeus seated left, holding thunderbolt in his right hand and left resting on sceptre; behind him, eagle with wings spread standing facing, head left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 23.48 g
Axis 6
Reference Stumpf 459, 460
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 2857/1–2. 2–3: same obv. die.
Note ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΓΑΛΑΤΙΑΣ ΕΠΙ ΠΟΜΠΩΝΙΟΥ Β: 2; ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΓΑΛΑΤΙΑΣ ΕΠΙ ΠΟΜΠΩΝΙΟΥ ΒΑΣ: 1; ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΓΑΛΑΤΙΑΣ ΕΠΙ ΠΟΜΠΩΝΙΟΥ ΒΑΣ: 3
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1979,0101.2655
2 2     B: Löbb.
3 3     ✸ R. Effler coll. (ex Numismatik Naumann 126, 5 - 6 Mar. 2023, lot 679)