RPC III, 918

 

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 918
Province Northern Black Sea
Region Bosporus
City Kingdom of the Bosporus
Reign Rhoemetalkes
Person (obv.) Rhoemetalkes (king)
Person (rev.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue Year ΒΛY (432)
Dating AD 135/6
Obverse inscription ΒΑϹΙΛΕωϹ ΡΟΙΜΗΤΑΛΚΟΥ
Edition Βασιλέως Ῥοιμητάλκου
Translation of King Rhoemetalces
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Rhoemetalces, right
Reverse inscription ΒΛΥ
Edition βλυʹ
Translation 432
Reverse design laureate head of Hadrian, right
Metal gold
Reference Anokhin 506a
Specimens 5 (0 in the core collections)
Note Average weight of 918-920: 7.73 (12)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1 –5     Frolova Coinage, p. 145 and pl. XIX, 28–30; Frolova Monetnoe pp. 276–7 and pl. LVIII, 2–3, 5