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LOT 3349
Trajan AE 25mm of Koinon of Galatia. AD 98-117. ΤΙΤΟΣ ΠΟΜΠΩΝΙΟΣ ΒΑΣΣΟΣ (Titus Pomponius Bassus), presbeutes and antistrategos.
AVTO NEPOY[ΑΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ], laureate head to right / ΕΠI Τ ΠΟΜΠΩΝ-ΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΣΟΥ, Mên standing to left, wearing chiton, cloak and oriental tiara, crescent on shoulder, holding patera in his extended right hand. RPC III, 2834. Near Very Fine.(11.94gr, 25mm, 1h.).
Provenance
Acquired on the UK art market.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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