RPC III, 931

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 931
Province Northern Black Sea
Region Bosporus
City Kingdom of the Bosporus
Reign Rhoemetalkes
Person (obv.) Rhoemetalkes (king)
Person (rev.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year ΔΜΥ (444)
Dating AD 147/8
Obverse inscription ΒΑϹΙΛΕωϹ ΡΟΙΜΗΤΑΛΚΟΥ
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Rhoemetalces, right; in front, club
Reverse inscription ΔΜΥ
Reverse design laureate head of Antoninus, right
Metal gold
Reference Anokhin 512
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Note Average weight of 931-932: 7.75 (3)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 188
2 2 –3     Frolova Coinage, p. 147 and pl. XX, 16–17; Frolova Monetnoe p. 278 and pl. LIX, 3–4