RPC III, 2897

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 2897
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 ΑΥΤ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Νέρ(ουας) Τραϊανὸς Καῖσαρ Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Nerva Trajan Caesar Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Trajan, right
Reverse inscription ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΓΑΛΑΤΙΑΣ ΕΠΙ (ΠΟΝ) ΒΑΣ(Σ)Ο
Edition Κοινὸν Γαλατίας ἐπὶ Πον(πωνίου) Βάσσο(υ)
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 26 mm
Average weight 10.48 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Stumpf 477b, 478, 479a and c, 481
Specimens 9 (6 in the core collections)
Die-links 3, 6–7: same pair of dies. 1, 3, 6–9: same obv. die.
Note The obv. legend of 5 reads ΑΥΤ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟΣ ΚΑΙΧΑΡ (sic) ΣΕΒ; ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΓΑΛΑΤΙΑΣ ΕΠΙ ΠΟΝ ΒΑΣΣΟ: 1; ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΓΑΛΑΤΙΑΣ ΕΠΙ ΒΑΣΣΟΥ: 3, 6, 7, 8
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1890,0702.51 BMC 6
2 2     P: 57 SNG 2415
3 3     P: 58 Wa 6600 = SNG 2416 = Stumpf Taf. XVI, 1
4 4     B: I-B
5 5     B: B-I
6 6     CGT coll. = Pecunem 20, 3 Aug. 2014, lot 464
7 7     Nomos Obolos Webauction 28, 2 July 2023, lot 481
8 8     Biga Numismatics EA 28, 2 Mar. 2024, lot 308
9 9     P: 59 SNG 2417