RPC III, 2878

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 2878
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 ΓΕΡΜΑ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Νέρ(ουας) Τραϊανὸς Καῖσαρ Σεβ(αστὸς) Γερμα(νικός)
Translation Emperor Nerva Traianus Caesar Augustus Germanicus
Obverse design laureate head of Trajan, right
Reverse inscription ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΓΑΛΑΤΙΑΣ ΕΠΙ ΠΟΝΠΩΝΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΣΟΥ
Edition Κοινὸν Γαλατίας ἐπὶ Πονπωνίου 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 23.04 g
Axis 2
Reference Stumpf 498, 512
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 2880/3, 2886/1.
Note The obv. of 1 reads ΑΥΤ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕΒ ΓΕΡΜΑ.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     G SNG 2157
2 2     B: I-B
3 3     Boston: 63.2633 ex A. Cahn 68, 26 Nov. 1930, lot 1943
4 4     ✸ Astarte WA 2, 9 Dec. 2023, lot 232