RPC I, 2020

 

Image of specimen #10

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 2020
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Cius
Reign Orsobaris Musa
Person (obv.) Orsobaris Musa (queen)
Dating mid/late first century BC?
Obverse inscription ΒΑΣΙΛΙΣΣΗΣ ΟΡΣΟΒΑΡΙΟΣ ΜΟΥΣΗΣ
Edition Βασιλίσσης Ὀρσοβάριος Μούσης
Translation of Queen Orsobaris Musa
Obverse design diademed head of Orsobaris Musa, left
Reverse inscription ΠΡΟΥΣΙΕΩΝ ΤΩΝ ΠΡΟΣ ΘΑΛΑΣΣΗΙ
Edition Προυσιέων τῶν πρός θαλάσσῃ
Translation of the Prusians by the sea
Reverse design head of Heracles, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 7.48 g
Axis 1, 11, 12
Reference Rec 26, RN 1887, 354
Specimens 10 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 466 Rec pl. I.7 = Reinach, Rois de Cappadoce, pl. III.29
2 2     B: I-B RN 1887, pl. VIII.7
3 3     Turin see Rec, RN 1887, 355
4 4     Turin see Rec, RN 1887, 355
5 5     M. Fox coll.
6 6     M. Fox coll.
7 7     Leu 1, 25 Oct. 2017, lot 74 = Leu EA 13, 15 Aug. 2020, lot 268
8 8     Leu EA 3, 25 Feb. 2018, lot 262
9 9     CGT coll.
10 10     ✸ Leu EA 18, 18 Dec. 2021, lot 1033