RPC III, 911

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 911
Province Northern Black Sea
Region Bosporus
City Kingdom of the Bosporus
Reign Rhoemetalkes
Person (obv.) Rhoemetalkes (king)
Person (rev.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue Year ΘΚY (429)
Dating AD 132/3
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 ΘΚΥ
Edition θκγʹ
Translation 429
Reverse design laureate head of Hadrian, right
Metal gold
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 7.71 g
Axis 1
Reference Anokhin 503a
Specimens 7 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1 –5     Frolova Coinage, p. 144 and pl. XIX, 7–11; Frolova Monetnoe p. 275 and pl. LVII, 7–11: inc. P 185
6 6     CNG MBS 67, 22 Sept. 2004, lot 1097
7 7     ✸ CNG EA 377, 2016, lot 240