RPC III, 916

 

Image of specimen #9

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 916
Province Northern Black Sea
Region Bosporus
City Kingdom of the Bosporus
Reign Rhoemetalkes
Person (obv.) Rhoemetalkes (king)
Person (rev.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue Year ΑΛY (431)
Dating AD 134/5
Obverse inscription ΒΑϹΙΛΕωϹ ΡΟΙΜΗΤΑΛΚΟΥ
Edition Βασιλέως Ῥοιμητάλκου
Translation of King Rhoemetalces
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Rhoemetalces, right
Reverse inscription ΑΛΥ
Edition αλυʹ
Translation 431
Reverse design laureate head of Hadrian, right
Metal gold
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 7.83 g
Axis 1
Reference Anokhin 505a
Specimens 10 (0 in the core collections)
Note Average weight of 916-917: 7.78 (6)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1 –7     Frolova Coinage, pp. 144–145 and pl. XIX, 21–23, 25–27; Frolova Monetnoe p. 276 and pl. LVII, 21– 24, 26, LVIII, 1
8 8     Antiqua Cat. XIV, Dec. 2006, lot 151, 7.86
9 9     ✸ CNG Triton XXII, 8 Jan. 2019, lot 494
10 10     CNG Triton XXIII, 14 Jan. 2020, lot 289 = Roma Numismatics XXI, 24 Mar. 2021, lot 384