RPC III, 2950A

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 2950A
Province Galatia-Cappadocia
Region Cappadocia
City Tyana
Reign Trajan
Obverse inscription
Obverse design turreted and draped bust of City-goddess, right
Reverse inscription ΤΥΑΝΕωΝ
Edition Τυανέων Τυανέων
Translation of the Tyaneans
Reverse design Perseus standing facing, head left, holding patera in his right hand and harpa in his left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 4.38 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference Ganschow 1001 ('Trajanisch'), Henseler 1501
Specimens 9 (2 in the core collections)
Note Dated to the first century BC at  https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/tyana_bmc_1?lang=en
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
Addition Additional coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     Nomos obolos 39, 28 Sept. 2025, lot 630 = Leu EA 9, 7 Sept. 2019, lot 858
2 2     Henseler 1501 (ex M&M GmbH 19, 16 May 2006, lot 294)
3 3     Rauch EA 27, 21 June 2018, lot 116
4 4     Henseler 1501A (ex NSB 2, 2020, lot 169)
5 5     ✸ Private Coll., ex Roma E-Sale 92, Dec. 2021, lot 549 = Roma Numismatics EA 92, 16 Dec. 2021, lot 549
6 6     Leu EA 19, 26 Feb. 2022, lot 2325
7 7     P: FG 749
8 8     L: 1892,0610.23 BMC 1 ('Period of Trajan and Hadrian?')
9 9     SPQR Collection 11, 18 Nov. 2025, lot 402