RPC III, 2829

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 2829
Province Galatia-Cappadocia
Region Galatia
City Ancyra
Reign Nerva
Person (obv.) Nerva (Augustus)
Magistrate Titus Pomponius Bassus (presbeutes and antistrategos)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΩΡ ΝΕΡΟΥΑΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕΒΑΣ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Νέρουας Καῖσαρ Σεβαστό(ς)
Translation Emperor Nerva Caesar Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Nerva, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠ(Ι) Τ ΠΟΜΠΩΝΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΟΥ ΠΡΕΣΒΕΥ ΑΝ(Τ)(Ι)(ΣΤΡ), ΑΝ-ΚΥ/ΡΑ-Σ (in field, l. and r.)
Edition ἐπὶ Τ(ίτου) Πομπωνίου Βάσ<σ>(ου) πρεσβευ(τοῦ) ἀντιστρ(ατήγου) Ἀνκύρας
Translation under Titus Pomponius Bassus, presbeutos (and) antistrategos, of Ancyra
Reverse design temple with six columns (temple of Roma and Augustus) on podium with steps; in pediment, eagle and globe
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 20.47 g
Axis 7
Reference Stumpf 427, 433
Specimens 8 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 4–5: same obv. die.
Note ΕΠ Τ ΠΟΜΠΩΝΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΟΥ ΠΡΕΣΒΕΥ ΑΝΤ: 4, 8; ΕΠΙ Τ ΠΟΜΠΩΝΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΟΥ ΠΡΕΣΒΕΥ ΑΝ: 1-3, 5; ΕΠΙ Τ ΠΟΜΠΩΝΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΟΥ ΠΡΕΣΒΕΥ ΑΝΤΙ: 6; ΕΠΙ Τ ΠΟΜΠΩΝΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΟΥ ΠΡΕΣΒΕΥ ΑΝΤΙΣΤΡ; 7; 6: globe in pediment
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 77 SNG 2441 = Stumpf, Taf. XIV, 11
2 2     V: GR 19989
3 3     V: GR 32116
4 4     Warsaw 103843
5 5     Weber 7769
6 6     Schulten, Oct. 1987, lot 481
7 7     MM Deutschland 11, 7–8 Nov. 2002, lot 128 (ex Graf Klenau 65–66, 1972, lot 258)
8 8     CNG EA 132, 1 Feb. 2006, lot 128 (ex CNG EA 103, 8 Dec. 2004, lot 123, but with weight of 19.03)