RPC III, 2947

 

Image of specimen #14

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 2947
Province Galatia-Cappadocia
Region Cappadocia
City Tyana
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Magistrate Titus Pomponius Bassus (presbeutes)
Issue Year 1
Dating AD 98
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΝΕΡΟΥ ΤΡΑ-ΙΑΝΟϹ ΚΑΙϹ ΓΕΡ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Νέρου(ας) Τραϊανὸς Καῖσ(αρ) Γερ(μανικός)
Translation Emperor Nerva Trajan Caesar Germanicus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Trajan, with paludamentum, seen from rear, right
Reverse inscription ΤΥΑΝΕωΝ ΕΠΙ ΒΑϹϹΟΥ ΠΡΕϹΒ(Ε)(Υ)(Τ)
Edition Τυανέων ἐπὶ Βάσσου πρεσβευτ(οῦ)
Translation of the Tyanans, under Bassus the presbeutes
Reverse design Tyche seated left, holding ears of corn in her right hand, her left resting on seat; below, river god left; in field, left and right, ΕΤ Α
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 12.01 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference Stumpf 530 corr., 531, 532; Ganschow 1006a
Specimens 14 (5 in the core collections)
Note ΤΥΑΝΕⲰΝ ΕΠΙ ΒΑCCΟΥ ΠΡΕCΒΕ: 3; ΤΥΑΝΕⲰΝ ΕΠΙ ΒΑCCΟΥ ΠΡΕCΒΕΥ: 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 14; ΤΥΑΝΕⲰΝ ΕΠΙ ΒΑCCΟΥ ΠΡΕCΒΕΥΤ: 5, 11, 12, 13

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 751
2 2     V-ON SNG Leypold 2820
3 3     B: Löbb.
4 4     B: Löbb.
5 5     B: B-I
6 6     Formerly Munich Deposit
7 7     A-KIKPE: FHW 20-G144
8 8     NY: 1953.171.698 (Holzer)
9 9     vA 6536
10 10     Gorny & Mosch 125, 13 Oct. 2003, lot 322 = Leu Numismatik AG Web 3, 25 Feb. 2018, lot 703
11 11     CGT coll. = Zeus Budget 10, 12 July 2020, lot 350
12 12     Henseler 1506, ex CNG EA 140, 24 May 2006, lot 118
13 13     Helios Numismatik 3, 29 Apr. 2009, lot 685
14 14     ✸ Naumann 74, 3 Feb. 2019, lot 219