RPC III, 943

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 943
Province Northern Black Sea
Region Bosporus
City Kingdom of the Bosporus
Reign Rhoemetalkes
Person (obv.) Rhoemetalkes (king)
Person (rev.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year ΝΥ (450)
Dating AD 153/4
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 ΝΥ
Edition νυʹ
Translation (year) 450
Reverse design laureate head of Antoninus, right
Metal gold
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 7.76 g
Reference Anokhin 518
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)
Note Average weight of 943-944: 7.77 (3)
Feedback

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1 –2     Frolova Coinage, p. 148 and pl. XXI, 4, 6; Frolova Monetnoe p. 280 and pl. LX, 4 and 6
3 3     ✸ Triton IX, 10 Jan. 2006, lot 1477