RPC III, 2874

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 2874
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 ΓΕΡΜΑ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Νέρ(ουας) Τραϊανὸς Καῖσαρ Σε(βαστὸς) Γερμα(νικός)
Translation Emperor Nerva Trajan Caesar Augustus Germanicus
Obverse design laureate head of Trajan, right
Reverse inscription ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΓΑΛΑΤΙΑΣ ΕΠΙ ΠΟΜΠΩΝΙΟΥ ΒΑ(ΣΣΟΥ)
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 29 mm
Average weight 20.49 g
Axis 7, 12
Reference Stumpf 492b corr., 503
Specimens 4 (3 in the core collections)
Note ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΓΑΛΑΤΙΑΣ ΕΠΙ ΠΟΜΠΩΝΙΟΥ ΒΑ: 1; ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΓΑΛΑΤΙΑΣ ΕΠΙ ΠΟΝΠΩΝΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΣΟΥ: 3; ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΓΑΛΑΤΙΑΣ ΕΠΙ ΠΟΜΠΩΝΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΣΟΥ: 2, 5; The obv. legend of 1 ends with - ΣΕ ΓΕΡΜΑ, not with - ΣΕΒ ΓΕ as stated by Stumpf (= 492b).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L
2 2     P: 66 SNG 2427
3 3     ✸ NY: 1977.158.860
4 4     CGT coll., ex eBay Savoca