RPC III, 917

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 917
Province Northern Black Sea
Region Bosporus
City Kingdom of the Bosporus
Reign Rhoemetalkes
Person (obv.) Rhoemetalkes (king)
Person (rev.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue Year ΑΛY (431)
Dating AD 134/5
Obverse inscription ΒΑϹΙΛΕωϹ ΡΟΙΜΗΤΑΛΚΟΥ
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Rhoemetalces, right; in front, sceptre
Reverse inscription ΑΛΥ
Reverse design laureate head of Hadrian, right
Metal gold
Average diameter 20 mm
Axis 12
Reference Anokhin 505
Specimens 5 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Frolova Coinage, p. 145 and pl. XIX, 24; Frolova Monetnoe p. 276 and pl. LVII, 25
2 2     CNG MBS 66, 19 May 2004, lot 1033, 7.88
3 3     CNG MBS 67, 22 Sept. 2004, lot 1098, 7.81
4 4     Stack’s Bowers and Ponterio 173, 11 Jan. 2013, lot 5067
5 5     ✸ MDC Monaco 6, 29 Oct. 2020, lot 63 (ex Tkalec, 22 Apr. 2007, lot 58)