RPC III, 2870

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 2870
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 Γ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Νέρ(ουας) Τραϊανὸς Καῖσαρ Σε(βαστὸς) Γ(ερμανικός)
Translation Emperor Nerva Trajan Caesar Augustus Germanicus
Obverse design laureate head of Trajan, right
Reverse inscription ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΓΑΛΑΤΙΑΣ ΕΠΙ (ΠΟΜ)(ΠΩΝΙΟΥ) ΒΑΣ(ΣΟΥ)
Edition Κοινὸν Γαλατίας ἐπὶ Πομπωνίου Βάσσου
Translation Koinon of Galatia under Pomponius Bassus
Reverse design temple with six columns on podium with steps; pellet in the centre; clipeus in pediment; acroteria on cornices and apex
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 21.86 g
Axis 1, 6, 12
Reference Stumpf 495 corr., 497, 502, 513
Specimens 11 (4 in the core collections)
Note ΕΠΙ ΠΟΜ ΒΑΣΣΟΥ ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΓΑΛΑΤΙΑΣ: 3; ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΓΑΛΑΤΙΑΣ ΕΠΙ ΒΑΣΣΟΥ: 1, 7; ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΓΑΛΑΤΙΑΣ ΕΠΙ ΠΟΜ ΒΑΣΣΟΥ: 4, 5; ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΓΑΛΑΤΙΑΣ ΕΠΙ ΠΟΜ ΒΑΣΣΟΥ: 8; ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΓΑΛΑΤΙΑΣ ΕΠΙ ΠΟΜΠΩΝΙΟΥ ΒΑΣ: 2; The obv. legend of 6 ends with - ΣΕ Γ, not with - ΣΕΒ as stated by Stumpf (= 495a).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 14
2 2     ✸ P: 69 SNG 2430
3 3     Amsterdam: S 2704
4 4     Amsterdam: S 2710
5 5     V: GR 27960
6 6     NY: 1944.100.62224
7 7     MM Deutschland 11, 7–8 Nov. 2002, lot 129 (ex Lanz 32, 29 Apr. 1985, lot 499)
8 8     CNG EA 128, 7 Dec. 2005, lot 149
9 9     Lanz 161, 7 Dec. 2015, lot 299
10 10     Numismatik Naumann 81, 1 Sept. 2019, lot 332
11 11     Savoca Coins Silver 156th Silver, 19 Feb. 2023, lot 201