RPC III, 912

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 912
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, ?
Reverse inscription ΘΚΥ
Edition θκγʹ
Translation 429
Reverse design laureate head of Hadrian, right
Metal gold
Average weight 7.74 g
Axis 12
Reference Frolova-; Anokhin 503b
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1944.100.41052