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VII.2, 1836
Image of specimen #1
Coin type
URI
https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/7.2/1836
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Volume
VII.2
Number
1836
Province
Northern Black Sea
Region
Bosporus
City
Kingdom of the Bosporus
Reign
Ininthimeos
Person (obv.)
Ininthimeos (king)
Issue
Year ƐΛΦ = 535 (group 1: fine style)
Dating
AD 238/9
Obverse inscription
ΒΑϹΙΛ
Ε
ω
Ϲ ΙΝΙΝΘΙΜΗΥΟΥ
Edition
Βασιλέως Ἰνινθιμῆυος
Translation
of King Ininthimeus
Obverse design
laureate and draped bust of Ininthimeus, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription
Ε
ΛΦ
Edition
ελφʹ
Translation
535
Reverse design
laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of the Roman emperor, right, seen from rear; before, club
Metal
debased silver
Average diameter
20 mm
Average weight
7.40 g
Axis
12
Reference
Frolova I, p. 233, pl. LX; Anokhin² 2016; MacDonald,
Bosporus
596
Specimens
13 (3 in the core collections)
Note
Frolova I, p. 233, records 4 obv. dies and 1 rev. die. Frolova identifies the Roman emperor on the rev. as ‘Balbinus or Gordian.’
Specimens of this coin type
Number
Number
Obverse
Reverse
Museum
Bibliography
Diameter
Weight
Axis
Note
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1
1
✸
L: 1878,1101.1
BMC 2
21
7.67
12
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2
2
B: 18275210, I-B
19
7.44
12
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3
3
B: 18275209, 1887/173
20
6.97
12
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4
4
Gorny & Mosch 152, 10 Oct. 2006, lot 1762
20
7.53
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5
5 –13
see Frolova I, p. 233 (obv. dies A to D, rev. dies a and c–f)
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