RPC III, 921

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 921
Province Northern Black Sea
Region Bosporus
City Kingdom of the Bosporus
Reign Rhoemetalkes
Person (obv.) Rhoemetalkes (king)
Person (rev.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue Year ΓΛY (433)
Dating AD 136/7
Obverse inscription ΒΑϹΙΛΕωϹ ΡΟΙΜΗΤΑΛΚΟΥ
Edition Βασιλέως Ῥοιμητάλκου
Translation of King Rhoemetalces
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Rhoemetalces, right
Reverse inscription ΓΛΥ
Edition γλυʹ
Translation 433
Reverse design laureate head of Hadrian, right
Metal gold
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 7.77 g
Reference Anokhin 507b
Specimens 7 (0 in the core collections)
Note Average weight of 921-923: 7.75 (7)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1 –6     Frolova Coinage, pp. 145–146 and pl. XIX, 37, 39– 40, pl. XX, 1–3; Frolova Monetnoe p. 277 and pl. LVIII, 10, 12–16: P 187 and 5 other specimens
7 7     ✸ Stack’s Bowers and Ponterio 173, 11 Jan. 2013, lot 5066