RPC III, 907

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 907
Province Northern Black Sea
Region Bosporus
City Kingdom of the Bosporus
Reign Rhoemetalkes
Person (obv.) Rhoemetalkes (king)
Person (rev.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue Year ΗΚY (428)
Dating AD 131/2
Obverse inscription ΒΑϹΙΛΕωϹ ΡΟΙΜΗΤΑΛΚΟΥ
Edition Βασιλέως Ῥοιμητάλκου
Translation of King Rhoemetalces
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Rhoemetalces, right
Reverse inscription ΗΚΥ
Edition ηκυʹ
Translation 428
Reverse design laureate head of Hadrian, right
Metal gold
Average diameter 27 mm
Reference Anokhin —
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
Note Average weight of 907-909: 7.76 (7)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Frolova Coinage, p. 143 and pl. XIX, 2; Frolova Monetnoe p. 275 and pl. LVII, 2
2 2     ✸ CNG MBS 53, 15 Mar. 2000, lot 1058, 7.76