RPC I, 1708

 

Image of specimen #16

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 1708
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Uncertain mint of Thrace
Reign Rhoemetalkes I
Person (obv.) Pythodoris (queen) ; Rhoemetalkes I (king)
Person (rev.) Augustus ; Livia (Augusta)
Obverse inscription ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΡΟΙΜΗΤΑΛΚΟΥ
Obverse design jugate heads of Rhoemetalces, diademed, and his queen Pythodoris, right
Reverse inscription ΚΑΙΣΑΡΟΣ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΥ
Reverse design jugate heads of Augustus, laureate, and Livia draped, right; in front, capricorn and globe
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 6, 7
Reference Youroukova 182–4, 186, pl. XXIII
Specimens 20 (9 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 305
2 2     L BMC 1
3 3     L BMC 2
4 4     L: 1920,0907.10
5 5     Sofia: 10810-59
6 6     Sofia: 6750
7 7     Sofia: 6752
8 8     Sofia: 6189
9 9     O AMC 850
10 10     Münster: 578
11 11     B: 18212300, 1914/772
12 12     B: 18212299, Prokesch-Osten
13 13     B: 18212298, 1873 Gansauge
14 14     B: 18212297, 1861/27687
15 15     Gorny & Mosch EA 255, 10 Mar. 2018, lot 3257
16 16     ✸ P. Villemur coll. = CNG MBS 78, 14 May 2008, lot 1177
17 17     Roma EA 97, 26 May 2022, lot 244
18 18     Jean Elsen 102, 12 Sep. 2009, lot 392
19 19     Savoca 101st Blue, 24 April 2021, lot 531
20 20     Savoca 150th Blue, 10 Dec. 2022, lot 710