RPC III, 919

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 919
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
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Rhoemetalces, right; in front, club
Reverse inscription ΒΛΥ
Reverse design laureate head of Hadrian, right
Metal gold
Average diameter 20 mm
Axis 12
Reference Anokhin 506
Specimens 8 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1 –6     Frolova Coinage, p. 145 and pl. XIX, 31–34, 36; Frolova Monetnoe pp. 276–7 and pl. 4, 7–9a
7 7     Gorny & Mosch 138, 7–8 Mar. 2005, lot 1674
8 8     ✸ Naumann 111, 5 Dec. 2021, lot 545