RPC III, 2830

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 2830
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 ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Νέρουας Καῖσαρ Σεβαστός
Translation Emperor Nerva Caesar Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Nerva, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ Τ ΠΟΜΠΩΝΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΟΥ ΠΡΕΣΒΕΥ ΑΝΤ(ΙΣΤΡ)(Α), ΑΝ-ΚΥ/ΡΑ-ΝΩ (in field, l. and r.)
Edition ἐπὶ Τ(ίτου) Πομπωνίου Βάσ<σ>(ου) πρεσβευ(τοῦ) ἀντιστρα(τήγου) Ἀνκυρανῶ(ν)
Translation under Titus Pomponius Bassus, presbeutos (and) antistrategos, of the Ancyrans
Reverse design temple with six columns (temple of Roma and Augustus) on podium with steps; in pediment, globe
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 20.17 g
Reference Stumpf —
Specimens 8 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 5–6: same obv. die as 2831/1, 2832/1.
Note ΕΠΙ Τ ΠΟΜΠΩΝΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΟΥ ΠΡΕΣΒΕΥ ΑΝΤ: 2; ΕΠΙ Τ ΠΟΜΠΩΝΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΟΥ ΠΡΕΣΒΕΥ ΑΝΤΙΣΤΡ: 1, 4; ΕΠΙ Τ ΠΟΜΠΩΝΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΟΥ ΠΡΕΣΒΕΥ ΑΝΤΙΣΤΡΑ: 5, 7; On 2, ΑΝ/ΚΥ//ΡΑ/ΝΩ//ΝΕ (sic); On 4, ΑΝ/ΚΥ//ΡΑ/ΝΩ//-/Ν

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ O: (Robinson, 1060)
2 2     Warsaw 84050
3 3     Warsaw 84051
4 4     Warsaw 106536
5 5     Ankara 17–9/2–75 ( = Arslan, Taf. X, 25)
6 6     Ankara 95–13/2–85
7 7     A. Cahn 65, 15 Oct. 1929, lot 237
8 8     London Coin Galleries 3, 10 Nov. 2016, lot 11