RPC IV.1, 3754 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 3754 (temporary)
Province Northern Black Sea
Region Bosporus
City Kingdom of the Bosporus
Reign Eupator
Person (obv.) Eupator (king)
Issue Year ΖΞΥ (467)
Dating 170/1
Obverse inscription ΒΑϹΙΛΕωϹ ΕΥΠΑΤΟΡΟϹ (facing outward)
Edition Βασιλέως Εὐπάτορος
Translation of King Eupator
Obverse design draped bust of Eupator wearing diadem, right
Reverse inscription ΖΞΥ
Reverse design laureate head of Marcus Aurelius; (to right, spear or star)
Metal gold
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 7.73 g
Axis 1
Reference Frolova, p. 165, pl. XXVIII.9–15
Specimens 7 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 214, reverse with spear Frolova, p. 165, pl. XXVIII.9
2 2     Moscow: Inv. 478 Frolova, p. 165, pl. XXVIII.10
3 3     St Petersburg: 833 Frolova, p. 165, pl. XXVIII.11
4 4     St Petersburg: 832 Frolova, p. 165, pl. XXVIII.12 (rev.)
5 5     Naville [Geneva] 5 (18/06/1923), 2364 = Frolova, p. 165, pl. XXVIII.13
6 6     R. Ball Nachfolger (1931), 308, pl. 11 = Frolova, p. 165, pl. XXVIII.14
7 7     ✸ V: GR 33526, reverse with star Frolova, p. 165, pl. XXVIII.15