RPC VII.2, 1836

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 1836
Province Northern Black Sea
Region Bosporus
City Kingdom of the Bosporus
Reign Ininthimeos
Person (obv.) Ininthimeos (king)
Issue Year ƐΛΦ = 535 (group 1: fine style)
Dating AD 238/9
Obverse inscription ΒΑϹΙΛΕωϹ ΙΝΙΝΘΙΜΗΥΟΥ
Nominative Rex Ininthimeus
Obverse design laureate and draped bust of Ininthimeus, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΕΛΦ
Reverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of the Roman emperor, right, seen from rear; before, club
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 20 mm
Axis 12
Reference Frolova I, p. 233, pl. LX; Anokhin² 2016; MacDonald, Bosporus 596
Specimens 13 (3 in the core collections)
Note Frolova I, p. 233, records 4 obv. dies and 1 rev. die. Frolova identifies the Roman emperor on the rev. as ‘Balbinus or Gordian.’
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1878,1101.1 BMC 2
2 2     B: 18275210, I-B
3 3     B: 18275209, 1887/173
4 4     Gorny & Mosch 152, 10 Oct. 2006, lot 1762
5 5 –13     see Frolova I, p. 233 (obv. dies A to D, rev. dies a and c–f)