RPC III, 908

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 908
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; in front, club
Reverse inscription ΗΚΥ
Edition ηκυʹ
Translation 428
Reverse design laureate head of Hadrian, right
Metal gold
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 7.79 g
Axis 1
Reference Anokhin 502
Specimens 6 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1 –4     Frolova Coinage, p. 143 and pl. XIX, 1, 4–5; Frolova Monetnoe p. 275 and pl. LVII, 1, 4–5: inc. P 184
5 5     CNG MBS 66, 19 May 2004, lot 1030 = CNG 126, 28 May 2024, lot 436
6 6     ✸ CNG 126, 28 May 2024, lot 436 = R. Pudill coll. = Künker 136, 10 Mar. 2008, lot 1026 = CNG 66, 19 May 2004, lot 1030