RPC VII.2, 1840

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1840
Province Northern Black Sea
Region Bosporus
City Kingdom of the Bosporus
Reign Ininthimeos
Person (obv.) Ininthimeos (king)
Issue Undated bronze coinage
Dating AD 235–40
Obverse inscription ΒΑϹΙΛΕωϹ ΙΝΙΝΘΙΜΗΥΟΥ
Edition Βασιλέως Ἰνινθιμῆυος
Translation of King Ininthimeus
Obverse design laureate and draped bust of Ininthimeus, right, seen from front; in front, eagle standing left, head right, wreath in claws
Reverse inscription Β - *
Edition βʹ
Translation 2
Reverse design goddess (Aphrodite?) seated left, holding apple (or patera?) in right hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 8.41 g
Axis 1, 11, 12
Reference Frolova I, p. 234, pl. LX–LXI; Anokhin² 2018; MacDonald, Bosporus 597
Specimens 22 (4 in the core collections)
Note Frolova I, p. 234, records 5 obv. dies and 8 rev. dies.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1861,0819.1 BMC 4
2 2     P: 313
3 3     B: 18275214, 1842/1702 Hinz
4 4     B: 18275213, Prokesch-Osten
5 5     ✸ Gorny & Mosch 220, 11 Mar. 2014, lot 1492 = Hirsch 289, 2 May 2013, lot 345
6 6     Künker 174, 27 Sept. 2010, lot 315
7 7 –22     see Frolova I, p. 234