RPC III, 933

 

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 933
Province Northern Black Sea
Region Bosporus
City Kingdom of the Bosporus
Reign Rhoemetalkes
Person (obv.) Rhoemetalkes (king)
Person (rev.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year ƐΜΥ (445)
Dating AD 148/9
Obverse inscription ΒΑϹΙΛΕωϹ ΡΟΙΜΗΤΑΛΚΟΥ
Edition Βασιλέως Ῥοιμητάλκου
Translation of King Rhoemetalces
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Rhoemetalces, right; in front, club
Reverse inscription ΕΜΥ
Edition εμυʹ
Translation (year) 445
Reverse design laureate head of Antoninus, right
Metal gold
Reference Anokhin 513
Specimens 4 (0 in the core collections)
Note Average weight of 933-934: 7.765 (6)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1 –4     Frolova Coinage, p. 147 and pl. XX, 18–20, 23; Frolova Monetnoe p. 279 and pl. LIX, 5–7, 10