RPC I, 1856

 

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 1856
Province Northern Black Sea
Region Bosporus
City Kingdom of the Bosporus
Reign Asandros
Person (obv.) Asander (king)
Obverse inscription
Obverse design diademed head of Asander, right
Reverse inscription ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΣΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Κ (in field)
Edition βασιλέως Ἀσάνδρου κʹ
Translation of King Asandros, 20
Reverse design Nike standing, left, on prow, with wreath and palm
Metal gold
Average weight 8.12 g
Axis 12
Reference BMC 2, A. Bertier-Delagarde, Numis­maticeskij Sbornik II (1913), p. 105, 31
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
Note for forgeries, including Cop 14 and a lead 'proof' in L = BMC 4, seeK. V. Golenko, Numismatika i Epigrafika X (1971), 103-7

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Moscow
2 2     SNG 14