RPC VII.2, 1839

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1839
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 Β
Edition βʹ
Translation 2
Reverse design goddess (Aphrodite?) seated left, holding apple (or patera?) in right hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 7.12 g
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.
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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