RPC III, 2894

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 2894
Province Galatia-Cappadocia
Region Galatia
City Koinon of Galatia
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Magistrate Titus Pomponius Bassus (presbeutes)
Issue Medium denomination
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕ Γ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Νέρουας Τραϊανὸς Καῖσαρ Σεβαστὸς Γερμανικός Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Νέρ(ουας) Τραϊανὸς Καῖσαρ Σε(βαστὸς) Γ(ερμανικός)
Translation Emperor Nerva Trajan Caesar Augustus Germanicus
Obverse design radiate head of Trajan, right
Reverse inscription ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΓΑΛΑΤΙΑΣ ΕΠΙ (ΠΟ)(Μ) ΒΑΣΣΟΥ
Edition Κοινὸν Γαλατίας ἐπὶ Πομπωνίου Βάσσου Κοινὸν Γαλατίας ἐπὶ Πομ(πωνίου) Βάσσου
Translation Koinon of Galatia under Pomponius Bassus
Reverse design Mên standing left, with chiton, cloak and oriental tiara, crescent on shoulder, holding patera in his extended right hand and apple in his left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 13.27 g
Axis 12
Reference Stumpf 486, 487
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–4: same obv. die.
Note ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΓΑΛΑΤΙΑΣ ΕΠΙ ΠΟΜ ΒΑΣΣΟΥ:1, 3; ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΓΑΛΑΤΙΑΣ ΕΠΙ ΠΟ ΒΑΣΣΟΥ:4; ΚΟΙΝ ΓΑΛΑΤΙΑΣ ΕΠΙ ΒΑΣΣΟΥ: 5
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     C SNG 5389
2 2     CNG EA 128, 7 Dec. 2005, lot 148 = Agora 79 (Buggey), 20 Nov. 2018, lot 78
3 3     ✸ MZ 176, 11–12 May 2016, lot 328 (ex Kölner Münzkabinett 92, 20–21 Oct. 2009, lot 146; MZ 171, 14 Jan. 2015, lot 220; MZ 174, 2 Sept. 2015, lot 275; MZ Lagerkatalog Nov. 2015, lot 443)
4 4     CGT coll. (ex Leu EA 15, 27 Feb. 2021, lot 1353)