RPC VII.2, 1839

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1839
Province Northern Black Sea
Region Bosporus
City Kingdom of the Bosporus
Reign Ininthimeus
Person (obv.) Ininthimeus (king)
Issue Undated bronze coinage
Dating AD 235–40
Obverse inscription ΒΑϹΙΛƐⲰϹ ΙΝΙΝΘΙΜΗΥΟΥ
Nominative Rex Ininthimeus
Obverse design confronted busts of Ininthimeus, laureate and draped, r., seen from front, and a goddess, l., wearing kalathos
Reverse inscription Β
Reverse design goddess (Aphrodite?) seated l., holding apple (or patera?) in r. hand
Metal Æ
Average diameter 21 mm
Axis 2, 11, 12
Reference Frolova I, p. 236, pl. LXII; Anokhin² —; MacDonald, Bosporus 599
Specimens 13 (5 in the core collections)
Note Frolova I, p. 236, records 3 obv. dies and 3 rev. dies.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 309
2 2     B: 18275223, Löbb.
3 3     Mu
4 4     V: GR 15241
5 5     V: GR 15239
6 6 –13     see Frolova I, p. 236