RPC III, 2857

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 2857
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
Nominative Imperator Nerva Traianus Caesar Augustus Germanicus
Obverse design laureate head of Trajan, right
Reverse inscription ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΓΑΛΑΤΙΑΣ ΕΠΙ ΠΟΜ(Π) ΒΑΣΣΟΥ
Reverse design Demeter seated left, holding ears of corn in her right hand, sceptre in left; anchor under throne
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Axis 12
Reference Stumpf 468 corr.
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same obv. die as 2848/1.
Note The obverse legend of 1 does not end in - ΣΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ but in - ΣΕ ΓΕΡΜ, as it shares its obv. die with RPC III, 2848.1

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1944.100.62221 Stumpf Taf. XV, 12
2 2     CGT coll.