RPC IV.1, 3976 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 3976 (temporary)
Province Northern Black Sea
Region Bosporus
City Kingdom of the Bosporus
Reign Eupator
Person (obv.) Eupator (king)
Issue King Eupator
Dating 154–173/4
Obverse inscription ΚΑΠΕ
Edition Καπε(τώλιον?)
Translation Capitolium?
Obverse design temple (of Jupiter/Zeus on the Capitoline Hill in Rome) with five(!) columns
Reverse inscription ΝΟ ΒΑ ΕΥ ΚΔ
Edition βα(σιλέως) Εὐ(πάτορος) κδʹ
Translation NO(?), of King Eupator, 24
Reverse design in oak wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 8.68 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference Frolova —, Zograph II, p. 418, pl. XLVIII.4, Cop 62, BMC 9
Specimens 11 (8 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Zograph II, p. 418, pl. XLVIII.4
2 2     ✸ Private coll., USA
3 3     L BMC 9, pl. XV.10
4 4     P: 216 (coll. Jean-Jacques Barthélemy)
5 5     B: 1899/584, struck on too large a flan
6 6     B: ex Hinz 1687, struck on too large a flan
7 7     B: I-B
8 8     Cop: 62
9 9     O
10 10     V: GR 15214
11 11     Bern: Righetti 529