RPC I, 1775

 

Image of specimen #14

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 1775
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Byzantium
Reign Roman Republic
Person (obv.) Rhoemetalkes (king)
Person (rev.) Augustus
Issue Reign of Rhoemetalces
Dating c. 10 BC
Obverse inscription ΒΑ ΡΟΙΜΗΤΑΛ (monogram)
Edition Βα(σιλέως) Ῥοιμητάλ(κου)
Translation of King Rhoemetalces
Obverse design diademed head of Rhoemetalces, right;
Reverse inscription ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΑ, ΚΑΙΣΑΡ (monogram to r.)
Edition Βυζάντια Καῖσαρ
Translation Byzantine, Caesar
Reverse design bare head of Augustus, right
Metal silver
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 3.58 g
Axis 12
Reference Sch 1302–5, Youroukova 169, Walker 56, Paunov Antalya Proceedings I
Specimens 17 (3 in the core collections)
Note AR 95.5%, at least three obv. dies

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1910,0702.1 Paunov 3
2 2     B: 18211381 Sch 1302 = Paunov 1
3 3     V: 9479 Sch. 1304.2 = Paunov 1
4 4     St Petersburg Sch 1304.1 = Paunov 4
5 5     Odessa Sch 1305 = Paunov 5
6 6     Sofia Paunov 7
7 7     Nova Zagora Sadievo hoard = Youroukova, pl. XXII. 196 = Paunov 8
8 8     Kagan coll.
9 9     Nomos obolos 9, 25 Mar. 2018, lot 137
10 10     CGT coll.
11 11     Roma Numismatics XXI, 24-25 Mar. 2021, lot 142
12 12     Odessa Paunov 6
13 13     CNG MBS 60, 22 May 2002, lot 1199 = Paunov 9
14 14     ✸ CNG Triton XIII, 5 Jan. 2010, lot 308 = Paunov 11
15 15     Lanz 117, 24 Nov. 2003, lot 513 = Paunov 10
16 16     Lanz 159, 8 Dec. 2014, lot 331 = Paunov 13
17 17     Hirsch 296, 13 Feb. 2014, lot 2076 = Paunov 12