RPC III, 2886

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 2886
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
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Νέρ(ουας) Τραϊανὸς Καῖσαρ Σεβα(στὸς) Γερ(μανικός)
Translation Emperor Nerva Traianus Caesar Augustus Germanicus
Obverse design laureate head of Trajan, right
Reverse inscription ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΓΑΛΑΤΙΑΣ ΕΠΙ ΠΟΜΠΩΝΙΟΥ ΒΑ
Edition Κοινὸν Γαλατίας ἐπὶ Πομπώνιου Βά(σσου)
Translation Koinon of Galatia under Pomponius Bassus
Reverse design temple with five columns of Mên, in three-quarter view to left; pellet and crescent in pediment; acroteria on cornices and apex
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 20.32 g
Reference Stumpf 518
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 2878/1, 2880/3.
Note On the obverse of 1, a lituus between the neck and the end of the legend.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: I-B