RPC III, 2877

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 2877
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 ΣΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Νέρ(ουας) Τραϊανὸς Καῖσαρ Σεβ(αστὸς) Γερμ(ανικός)
Translation Emperor Nerva Trajan Caesar Augustus Germanicus
Obverse design laureate head of Trajan, right
Reverse inscription ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΓΑΛΑΤΙΑΣ ΕΠΙ ΠΟΜΠΩΝΙΟΥ ΒΑΣ(Σ)(ΟΥ)
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 30 mm
Average weight 20.96 g
Reference Stumpf 491, 500, 507a corr.
Specimens 5 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 2892/1. 2–3: same obv. die.
Note ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΓΑΛΑΤΙΑΣ ΕΠΙ ΠΟΜΠΩΝΙΟΥ ΒΑΣ: 1; ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΓΑΛΑΤΙΑΣ ΕΠΙ ΠΟΜΠΩΝΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΣ: 2; ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΓΑΛΑΤΙΑΣ ΕΠΙ ΠΟΜΠΩΝΙΟΥ ΒΑΣ/ΣΟΥ: 3; The obv. legend of 1 ends with - ΣΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ, not with - ΣΕΒ ΓΕ as stated by Stumpf (= 507a).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 9
2 2     G SNG 2158
3 3     Cop SNG 105
4 4     Formerly Munich Deposit ( = Stumpf Taf. XVI, 4)
5 5     ✸ B: Löbb.