RPC III, 2880

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 2880
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 ΣΕΒΑ ΓΕΡ
Nominative Imperator Nerva Traianus Caesar Augustus Germanicus
Obverse design laureate head of Trajan, right
Reverse inscription ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΓΑΛΑΤΙΑΣ ΕΠΙ ΠΟΜΠΩΝΙΟΥ ΒΑΣ(Σ)
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 7
Reference Stumpf 493, 501
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 5: same obv. die as 2860/5. 3: same obv. die as 2878/1, 2886/1.
Note ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΓΑΛΑΤΙΑΣ ΕΠΙ ΠΟΜΠΩΝΙΟΥ ΒΑΣ: 1; ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΓΑΛΑΤΙΑΣ ΕΠΙ ΠΟΜΠΩΝΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΟ: 3; ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΓΑΛΑΤΙΑΣ ΕΠΙ ΠΟΜΠΩΝΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΣ: 2; ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΓΑΛΑΤΙΑΣ ΕΠΙ ΠΟΜΠΩΝΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΣ: 4; on the obverse of 3, a lituus between the neck and the end of the legend.; In the pediment of 2 and 4, pellet and crescent.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     C SNG 5386
2 2     P: 67 SNG 2431
3 3     Amsterdam: S 2706
4 4     Münzen Auktion Essen 82, 2001, lot 296
5 5     ✸ Leu Numismatik AG Web 6, 9 Dec. 2018, lot 648