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Lot # 232
GALATIA. Koinon of Galatia. Trajan, 98-117 BC. Tetrassarion (Orichalcum, 30.41 mm, 23.52 g) Titus Pomponius Bassus, propraetor in Galatia and Cappadocia. ΑΥΤ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕΒ ΓΕΡM (TNE linked) Laureate head of Traian right. Rev. ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΓΑΛΑ ΤΙΑΣ ΕΠΙ ΠΟNΠΟΝΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΣΟΥ (NΠ linked) Exastyle temple on podium with three steps, pellet in the tympanum and below between groups of three columns and akroteria. RPC III, 2869-2883 (obverse and reverse legend); BMC 11. Reddish-brown patina, metal exfoliation on obverse, otherwise, very fine.