RPC III, 924

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 924
Province Northern Black Sea
Region Bosporus
City Kingdom of the Bosporus
Reign Rhoemetalkes
Person (obv.) Rhoemetalkes (king)
Person (rev.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year ΘΛY (439)
Dating AD 142/3
Obverse inscription ΒΑϹΙΛΕωϹ ΡΟΙΜΗΤΑΛΚΟΥ
Edition Βασιλέως Ῥοιμητάλκου
Translation of King Rhoemetalces
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Rhoemetalces, right
Reverse inscription ΘΛΥ
Edition θλγʹ
Translation 439
Reverse design laureate head of Antoninus, right; in front, spearhead
Metal gold
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 7.72 g
Axis 12
Reference Anokhin 508
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1944.100.41054 Frolova Coinage, p. 146; Frolova Monetnoe p. 277