RPC III, 941

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 941
Province Northern Black Sea
Region Bosporus
City Kingdom of the Bosporus
Reign Rhoemetalkes
Person (obv.) Rhoemetalkes (king)
Person (rev.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year ΗΜΥ (448)
Dating AD 151/2
Obverse inscription ΒΑϹΙΛΕωϹ ΡΟΙΜΗΤΑΛΚΟΥ
Edition Βασιλέως Ῥοιμητάλκου
Translation of King Rhoemetalces
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Rhoemetalces, right
Reverse inscription ΗΜΥ
Edition ημυʹ
Translation (year) 448
Reverse design laureate head of Antoninus, right
Metal gold
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 7.66 g
Reference Anokhin 516a
Specimens 6 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1 –5     Frolova Coinage, p. 148 and pl. XX, 33–35, 37, pl. XXI, 2; Frolova Monetnoe p. 280 and pl. LIX, 20–22, 24, LX, 2
6 6     ✸ Sincono AG Auction 10, 27 May 2013, lot 110