v24_0242 - KINGDOM OF THRACE - RHOEMETALCES I Moyen bronze, (MB, Æ 23)
MONNAIES 24 (2005)
Starting price : 125.00 €
Estimate : 180.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 125.00 €
Estimate : 180.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Moyen bronze, (MB, Æ 23)
Date: c. 11AC. - 12 AD.
Mint name / Town : Thrace
Metal : copper
Diameter : 17,5 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 3,72 g.
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan, légèrement décentré sur les légendes. Beaux portraits. Jolie patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Tête diadémée de Rhoémétalcès à droite.
Obverse legend : BAS[ILEWS/ ROI]MHTALKOU (Basileos Roimhtalkou)
Obverse translation : (roi Rhoémétalcès).
Reverse
Reverse description : Tête nue d’Auguste à droite (O°).
Reverse legend : KAISA[ROS] SEBASTOU, (Kaisaros Sebastou)
Reverse translation : (César Auguste).
Commentary
Poids léger. Pour ce type, les auteurs du Roman Imperial Coinage ont recensés trente-six exemplaires avec un poids moyen de 4,62 g pour vingt-huit pièces.
Lightweight. For this type, the authors of the Roman Imperial Coinage have identified thirty-six examples with an average weight of 4.62 g for twenty-eight coins
Lightweight. For this type, the authors of the Roman Imperial Coinage have identified thirty-six examples with an average weight of 4.62 g for twenty-eight coins
Historical background
KINGDOM OF THRACE - RHOEMETALCES I
(11 BC - 12 AD)
Rhoemetalces I and Augustus
Rhoemetalces is the son of Kotys and had been the guardian of the children of Kotys III. It was Augustus who entrusted him with the entire kingdom of Thrace in 11 BC, where he reigned for nearly twenty-five years. He remained the royal ally of the Romans and besides himself or his wife Pythodoris, he had his protector Augustus and his wife Livia represented on his coinage. On his death in AD 12, Augustus divided the kingdom between Rhoemetalces' son, Kotys IV, and Rheskouporis III, a source of conflict that was to end with the former being assassinated by the latter. Eventually, the kingdom of Thrace became a Roman province in 46.
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