RPC VII.2, 1842

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1842
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 confronted busts of Ininthimeus, laureate and draped, right, seen from front, and a goddess, left, wearing kalathos
Reverse inscription *
Reverse design goddess (Aphrodite?) seated left, holding patera (or apple?) in right hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 7.13 g
Axis 1, 11, 12
Reference Frolova I, pp. 236–7, pl. LXII–LXIII; Anokhin² 2021); MacDonald, Bosporus 599
Specimens 47 (10 in the core collections)
Note Frolova I, p. 236, records 13 obv. dies and 18 rev. dies.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1861,0806.3 BMC 5
2 2     ✸ L: BNK,G.1168 BMC 6
3 3     P: 312
4 4     B: 18275219, Rauch
5 5     Mu
6 6     O
7 7     O
8 8     O: Milne
9 9     O
10 10     V: GR 15240
11 11     Cracow SNG 517
12 12     M&M GmbH 13, 9 Oct. 2003, lot 186 = CNG EA 222, 11 Nov. 2009, lot 156
13 13     M&M GmbH 13, 9 Oct. 2003, lot 187 = CNG EA 222, 11 Nov. 2009, lot 157
14 14 –45     see Frolova I, pp. 236–7
46 46     SNG Stancomb 1016
47 47     SNG Stancomb 1017 = Roma EA 68, 27 Feb. 2020, lot 155