| Nomos AG > obolos 31 | Auction date: 21 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 500 Price realized: 100 CHF (Approx. 110 USD / 103 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: CAPPADOCIA. Caesaraea-Eusebia. Trajan, 98-117. (Bronze, 16 mm, 2.63 g, 12 h), Pseudo-autonomous, struck under the presbeutes Titus Pomponius Bassus, dated RY 3 = 100/1. Turreted and draped bust of Tyche to right. Rev. ΕΠΙ ΒΑϹ-ϹΟΥ Pyramid; below, ΕΤ Γ (date). Ganschow 150. RPC 3133. Sydenham 236. Somewhat rough surfaces, otherwise, very fine. T. Pomponius Bassus was suffect consul in 94 and later served as governor of Cappadocia-Galatia until the year 100. Our coin therefore was minted during the very last year of his governorship. A few years later, Pliny the Younger sent him a letter congratulating him on using his time after retirement from the senate wisely (that is: daily exercise, reading, learning something new every day). "Ita senescere oportem virum..." Pliny, Epistulae, IV.23. Starting price: 50 CHF |  |
