RPC III, 952

 

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 952
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 Μ-Η
Edition μηʹ
Translation 48
Reverse design shield with spear in centre; helmet and sword in scabbard, right; horse’s head and axe, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Reference Anokhin 528; Frolova Coinage, p. 151. 3; Frolova Monetnoe, pp. 282–3. 3
Specimens 8 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1 –8     See Frolova Coinage, p. 151 and pl. XXII, 4, Frolova Monetnoe, pp. 282–3 and pl. LXI, 16