Gavin Richardson Posted July 26, 2022 · Member Share Posted July 26, 2022 So recently I was pleased to acquire this posthumous coin of Pompey the Great from Soli-Pompeiopolis. The closest analog to it in Roman provincial coinage online is 4003a: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/search/browse?q=4003a RPC online (second photo) seems to suggest that the coin was struck during the reign of Tiberius, but then later in the entry, it lists the year as 64/65 AD. That’s the reign of Nero, not Tiberius. What am I missing? Can someone explain this RPC online dating anomaly? 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor Victor_Clark Posted July 26, 2022 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted July 26, 2022 according to RPC, "During the relevant period, only two issues were made, in years 96 (=AD 30/1) with the portrait of Pompey and 130(?) (+64/5) with the portrait of Nero." pg 590 there is an article on JSTOR that talks about these coins-- Festal and Dated Coins of the Roman Empire by A.A. Boyce 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gavin Richardson Posted July 26, 2022 · Member Author Share Posted July 26, 2022 Well I don’t think that is Nero. That pronounced nose I thought was a feature of Pompey. So that pretty much narrows down the dating to AD 30. That’s really helpful Victor. I will check out the article. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marsyas Mike Posted July 27, 2022 · Member Share Posted July 27, 2022 Nice coin @Gavin Richardson - I too just got one of these - there was a recent post about these started by @Valentinian here: While trying to figure out mine, I looked at a lot of these online - acsearch was especially helpful in locating lots of examples. The dating is all over the place, from Pompey's era to the late Flavians. I never did really find a definitive source for what is going on (including RPC). Yours with the all round reverse legend does seem to be a later type, from what I recall seeing. Here is mine, with notes from the post noted above: Attributing this was difficult, and I never got all the way with it - the reverse legends are pretty much missing except a prominent ΔI in right field. The date range for these are all over the place, from Pompey to Domitian. Your information on the dates for these is interesting - the stuff I was finding online was vague and sometimes contradictory (there are quite a few on acsearch, etc.) Pompey the Great (era) Æ 18 Soloi-Pompeiopolis (c. 50 B.C.-50 A.D.) Bare head of Pompey the Great right / [ΠOMΠHIOΠOΛITΩ?], Nike advancing right, holding wreath; ΔI [ΛΑ ?] in right field. SNG France 1213-1217; SNG Levante 880-882 var. (5.50 grams / 18 mm) eBay June 2022 Lot @ $0.99 Attribution: Many varieties of this type; most online sources are vague about attribution. Reverse legends missing, except ΔI in right field. Other with ΔI have ΛΑ below. See: Numismatik Naumann Auct. 42; Lot 576; 03.04.2016 / Roma E-Sale 31; Lot 212; Nov. 2016 (asiaminorcoins.com) / Artemide Aste 45E; Lot 242; Dec. 15-16, 2018. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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