RPC III, 946

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 946
Province Northern Black Sea
Region Bosporus
City Kingdom of the Bosporus
Reign Rhoemetalkes
Person (obv.) Rhoemetalkes (king)
Issue Bronze coinage
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 Μ-Η
Edition μηʹ
Translation 48
Reverse design Nike walking left, holding wreath and palm
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 5.46 g
Axis 12
Reference Anokhin 521; Frolova Coinage, p. 149. 1, p. 151. 1, p. 155. 1; Frolova Monetnoe, pp. 280–1. 1, p. 283. 1, p. 287. 1
Specimens 24 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1 –22     See Frolova Coinage, p. 149 and pl. XXI, 7–8, p. 151 and pl. XXII, 5–11, p. 155 and pl. XXIII, 35–36, pl. XXIV, 1–2; Frolova Monetnoe, pp. 280–1 and pl. LX, 7–8, p. 283 and pl. LXI, 17–23, p. 287 and pl. LXIV, 15–18
23 23     ✸ Elsen 102, 12 Sept. 2009, lot 92 (part of)
24 24     CGT coll.