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
Nominative Imperator Nerva Traianus Caesar Augustus Germanicus
Obverse design laureate head of Trajan, right
Reverse inscription ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΓΑΛΑΤΙΑΣ ΕΠΙ ΠΟΝΠΩΝΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΣΟΥ
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
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

Number Number 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