Thraker: Rhoimetalkes I.

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Events

Created

When	10 BC [About]
Where	Byzantium

Commissioned

Who	Rhoimetalkes I. (-12 n. Chr.)

Owned

Who	Arthur Löbbecke (1850-1932)

Was depicted (Actor)

Who	Augustus (-63-14)

Was depicted (Actor)

Who	Rhoimetalkes I. (-12 n. Chr.)

Relation to places

Eastern Europe

Keywords

Classical antiquity Coin Drachme Era of Roman Emperors (27 BCE to 395 AD) Portrait Silver ruler

Description

Front: Kopf des Rhoimetalkes I. mit Diadem nach r., im r. F. ein Monogramm (BA POIMHTAΛ).
Rear: Kopf des Augustus nach r., im r. F. ein Monogramm (KAIΣAP).

Inscription

Rückseite: ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΑ

Similar objects

RPC I: 1775,2

Material/Technique

Silver; struck

Measurements

Diameter: 19 mm
Weight: 3.74 g

Part of

Griechische Münzen in der Römischen Kaiserzeit (5919)

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Literature

E. Schönert-Geiss, Die Münzprägung von Byzantion II (1972) Nr. 1302 (dieses Exemplar, datiert 9/6 v. Chr.-12 n. Chr.).
RPC I Nr. 1775,2 (dieses Stück, ca. 10 v. Chr.).
Y. Youroukova, Coins of the ancient Thracians. BAR Suppl. Series 4 (1976) Nr. 169.