RPC III, 908

 

Image of specimen #6

 

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
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Rhoemetalces, right; in front, club
Reverse inscription ΗΚΥ
Reverse design laureate head of Hadrian, right
Metal gold
Average diameter 19 mm
Reference Anokhin 502
Specimens 6 (0 in the core collections)

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
6 6     ✸ R. Pudill coll. (ex Künker 136, 10 Mar. 2008, lot 1026)