RPC III, 925

 

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 925
Province Northern Black Sea
Region Bosporus
City Kingdom of the Bosporus
Reign Rhoemetalkes
Person (obv.) Rhoemetalkes (king)
Person (rev.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year ΜΥ (440)
Dating AD 143/4
Obverse inscription ΒΑϹΙΛΕωϹ ΡΟΙΜΗΤΑΛΚΟΥ
Edition Βασιλέως Ῥοιμητάλκου
Translation of King Rhoemetalces
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Rhoemetalces, right; in front, trident
Reverse inscription ΜΥ
Edition Μύ(ρα)
Translation Myra
Reverse design laureate head of Antoninus, right
Metal gold
Reference Anokhin 509
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note Average weight of 925-927: 7.74 (5)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Frolova Coinage, p. 146 and pl. XX, 5; Frolova Monetnoe p. 278 and pl. LVIII, 18