RPC III, 950

 

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 950
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 curule chair with wreath upon it; in left field, shield with spear; in r .field, sceptre with king’s head at top
Reverse inscription ΜΗ
Edition μηʹ
Translation 48
Reverse design wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 8.33 g
Axis 12
Reference Anokhin 526; Frolova Coinage, p. 150. 1; Frolova Monetnoe, p. 282. 1
Specimens 19 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1 –18     See Frolova Coinage, p. 150 and pl. XXI, 24–33, pl. XXII, 1, Frolova Monetnoe, p. 282 and pl. LXI, 3–13
19 19     R. Aquistapace coll.