RPC VII.2, 1835


Image of specimen #1

Coin type
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Volume	VII.2
Number	1835
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
Edition	Βασιλέως Ἰνινθιμῆυος
Translation	of King Ininthimeus
Obverse design	laureate and draped bust of Ininthimeus, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription	ΕΛΦ
Edition	ελφʹ
Translation	535
Reverse design	laureate head of the Roman emperor, right; before, club
Metal	debased silver
Average diameter	20 mm
Average weight	7.50 g
Axis	12
Reference	Frolova I, p. 233, pl. LX; Anokhin² 2015; MacDonald, Bosporus 596
Specimens	4 (1 in the core collections)
Note	Frolova I, p. 233, records 2 obv. die and 1 rev. die. Frolova identifies the Roman emperor on the rev. as “Balbinus or Gordian”.

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	More
1	1 ✸	B: 18275212, Löbb.		20	7.45	12	Show
2	2	St Petersburg: 12/28962		20	7.55		Show
3	3		Markov 54, 11 Jan. 2022, lot 36	20.1			Show
4	4		Naville 5, 18 June 1923, lot 2398				Show