RPC III, 938

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 938
Province Northern Black Sea
Region Bosporus
City Kingdom of the Bosporus
Reign Rhoemetalkes
Person (obv.) Rhoemetalkes (king)
Person (rev.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year ΖΜΥ (447)
Dating AD 150/1
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 ΖΜΥ
Edition ζμυʹ
Translation (year) 447
Reverse design laureate head of Antoninus, right
Metal gold
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 7.75 g
Reference Anokhin 515
Specimens 4 (0 in the core collections)
Note Average weight of 938-939: 7.74 (5)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1 –3     Frolova Coinage, pp. 147–8 and pl. XX, 28–30; Frolova Monetnoe pp. 279–80 and pl. LIX, 15–17
4 4     ✸ CNG 85, 15 Sept. 2010, lot 583