RPC VII.2, 1845

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1845
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
Nominative Rex Ininthimeus
Obverse design laureate and draped bust of Ininthimeus, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription (Α)
Reverse design horseman riding right, raising right hand, cloak flying behind
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Axis 6
Reference Frolova I, pp. 234–5, pl. LX–LXI; Anokhin² 2022, 2029; MacDonald, Bosporus 598
Specimens 8 (1 in the core collections)
Note Frolova I, pp. 234–5, records 4 obv. dies and 5 rev. dies.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ O: Evans
2 2 –8     see Frolova I, p. 234