RPC III, 914

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 914
Province Northern Black Sea
Region Bosporus
City Kingdom of the Bosporus
Reign Rhoemetalkes
Person (obv.) Rhoemetalkes (king)
Person (rev.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue Year ΛY (430)
Dating AD 133/4
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 ΛΥ
Edition Λυ(κίων)
Translation of the Lycians
Reverse design laureate head of Hadrian, right
Metal gold
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 7.86 g
Axis 12
Reference Anokhin 504B
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Frolova Coinage, p. 144 and pl. XIX, 20; Frolova Monetnoe p. 276 and pl. LVII, 20
2 2     ✸ CNG MBS 66, 19 May 2004, lot 1032
3 3     CNG Triton XXII, 8 Jan. 2019, lot 493