RPC I, 2021

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 2021
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Cius
Reign Orodaltis
Person (obv.) Orodaltis (queen)
Dating mid/late first century BC?
Obverse inscription ΩΡΟΔΑΛΤΙΔΟΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΚΟΜΗΔΟΥΣ ΘΥΓΑΤΡΟΣ
Edition Ὠροδαλτίδος βασιλέως Λυκομήδους θυγατρός
Translation Orodaltis, daughter of King Lycomedes
Obverse design diademed head of Orodaltis, right
Reverse inscription ΠΡΟΥΣΙΕΩΝ ΠΡΟΣ ΘΑΛΑΣΣΗ
Edition Προυσιέων πρός θαλάσσῃ
Translation of the Prusians by the sea
Reverse design winged thunderbolt in wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 5.26 g
Axis 12
Reference Rec 27, RN 1887, 355 and 368
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 467 RN 1887, pl. VIII.8 = Rec, pl. L.8
2 2     St Petersburg Rec, pl. L.9
3 3     ✸ CNG EA 253, 6 Apr. 2011, lot 89 = Künker 333, 16 Mar. 2020, lot 72