RPC I, 3844

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 3844
Province Kingdom of Armenia
Region Armenia
City Artaxata
Reign Polemon II
Person (obv.) Polemon II (king)
Person (rev.) Julia Mamaea (queen)
Dating AD 60/4
Obverse inscription ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓ Μ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΟΥ ΠΟΛΕΜΩΝΟΣ
Edition βασιλέως μεγ(άλου) Μ(άρκου) Ἀντωνίου Πολέμωνος
Translation of the great king Marcus Antonius Polemon
Obverse design diademed head of Polemo, right
Reverse inscription ΙΟΥΛΙΑΣ ΜΑΜΑΙΑΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΙΣΣΗΣ
Edition Ἰουλίας Μαμαίας βασιλίσσης
Translation of Julia Mamaea, queen
Reverse design diademed bust of Julia Mamaea, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 7.23 g
Axis 6, 7, 11
Reference Kovacs 298
Specimens 6 (0 in the core collections)
Note P. Thonemann, 'Polemo, son of Polemo' (Dio, 59.12.2), Epigraphica Anatolica 37 (2004), pp. 144–150, asserts p. 147, n. 19, that RPC I, 3844 should not be attributed to Polemo II of Pontus (so RPC following Seyrig) but to M. Antonius Polemo, dynast of Olba in Cilicia, since it was to him (not Polemo) that Armenia was presented.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Beirut H. Seyrig, RN 1971, 45–7 = Scripta Nummaria 156–8, fig. 1
2 2     M&M Deutschland 19, Righetti coll. 7, 16 May 2006, lot 334
3 3     ✸ Gemini VI, 10 Jan. 2010, lot 133
4 4     Leu WA 12, 30 May 2020, lot 563
5 5     Berk Buy or Bid Sale 223, 22 June 2023, lot 360
6 6     Nomos 30, 6 Nov. 2023, lot 1372