RPC IV.1, 3738 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 3738 (temporary)
Province Northern Black Sea
Region Bosporus
City Kingdom of the Bosporus
Reign Eupator
Person (obv.) Eupator (king)
Issue Year ΖΝΥ (457)
Dating 160/1
Obverse inscription ΒΑϹΙΛΕωϹ ΕΥΠΑΤΟΡΟϹ
Edition Βασιλέως Εὐπάτορος
Translation of King Eupator
Obverse design draped bust of Eupator wearing diadem, right; (to right, club)
Reverse inscription ΖΝΥ
Edition ζνυʹ
Translation 457
Reverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right; (to right, spear)
Metal gold
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 7.76 g
Axis 12
Reference Frolova, p. 159, pl. XXV.12–15
Specimens 6 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     St Petersburg: 777 Frolova, p. 159, pl. XXV.12, pierced, 7.35g
2 2     St Petersburg: 778 Frolova, p. 159, pl. XXV.13
3 3     St Petersburg: 779 Frolova, p. 159, pl. XXV.14
4 4     Naville [Geneva] 5 (18/06/1923), 2359, pl. 66 = Frolova, p. 159, pl. XXV.15
5 5     Ball Nachfolger 11 (1931), 308, pl. 11
6 6     ✸ NY: 1944.100.41069