RPC I, 1708

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 1708
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Uncertain mint of Thrace
Reign Rhoemetalkes I
Person (obv.) Pythodoris (queen) ; Rhoemetalkes I (king)
Person (rev.) Augustus ; Livia (Augusta)
Obverse inscription ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΡΟΙΜΗΤΑΛΚΟΥ
Edition Βασιλέως Ῥοιμητάλκου
Translation of King Rhoemetalces
Obverse design jugate heads of Rhoemetalces, diademed, and his queen Pythodoris, right
Reverse inscription ΚΑΙΣΑΡΟΣ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΥ
Edition Καίσαρος Σεβαστοῦ
Translation of Caesar Augustus
Reverse design jugate heads of Augustus, laureate, and Livia draped, right; in front, capricorn and globe
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 14.10 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference Youroukova 182–4, 186, pl. XXIII
Specimens 20 (9 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type