RPC III, 2881

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 2881
Province Galatia-Cappadocia
Region Galatia
City Koinon of Galatia
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Magistrate Titus Pomponius Bassus (presbeutes)
Issue Larger denomination
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕΒΑΣ ΓΕΡΜ
Nominative Imperator Nerva Traianus Caesar Augustus Germanicus
Obverse design laureate head of Trajan, right
Reverse inscription ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΓΑΛΑΤΙΑΣ ΕΠΙ ΠΟΜΠΩΝΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΣΟΥ
Reverse design temple with six columns on podium with steps; pellet in the centre; clipeus in pediment; acroteria on cornices and apex
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Axis 7
Reference Stumpf 504, 505, 510
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
Note ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΓΑΛΑΤΙΑΣ ΕΠΙ ΠΟΝΠΩΝΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΣΟΥ: 1, 2, 4; ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΓΑΛΑΤΙΑΣ ΕΠΙ ΠΟΜΠΩΝΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΣΟΥ: 3; 1, 2 and 3: same ov. die.; In the pediment of 1, no pellet or clipeus; no pellet in the centre of the temple of 3.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     G SNG 2156
2 2     Amsterdam: S 2709
3 3     B: Löbb.
4 4     vA 6122
5 5     ✸ Numismatik Naumann 126, 5 - 6 Mar. 2023, lot 678