RPC I, 1789


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Coin type
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Volume	I
Number	1789
Province	Thrace
Region	Thrace
City	Mesambria
Reign	Augustus
Person (obv.)	Augustus
Person (rev.)	Rhoemetalkes I (king)
Obverse inscription	Κ[ΑΙΣΑΡΟΣ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΥ]
Edition	Καίσαρος Σεβαστοῦ
Translation	of Caesar Augustus
Obverse design	bare head of Augustus, right
Reverse inscription	ΜΕΣΑΜ[ΒΡΙΑ]ΝΩΝ
Edition	Μεσαμβριανῶν
Translation	of the Mesambrians
Reverse design	bare head of Rhoemetalces, right
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	32 mm
Average weight	18.40 g
Reference	Karayotov 1–2
Specimens	2 (0 in the core collections)
Addition	Additional coin-type (post publication)

Number	Number	Obverse	Reverse	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1 ✸			Nesebar: N 922			14.49		Obv.: GIC — (ear of corn); GIC — (veiled female head, l.)	Show
3	3			Sofia: 7367	formerly RPC I, 1713: see Paunov 2018	32	22.30		Rev.: GIC 159 (head l.); GIC 406 (ear of barley)	Show