RPC III, 2948

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 2948
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 ΝΕΡΟΥΑϹ Τ-ΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΚΑΙϹ ΓΕΡ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Νέρουας 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 ΠΡΕϹΒΕΥ
Edition Τυανέων ἐπὶ Βάσσου πρεσβευ(τοῦ)
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 26 mm
Average weight 10.89 g
Axis 12
Reference Stumpf 529
Specimens 4 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 3
2 2     ✸ P: 752 Wa 6803
3 3     V: GR 35455
4 4     NY: 1944.100.62505 Stumpf Taf XVI, 10