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Live auction - bpv_587530 - KINGDOM OF THRACE - RHOEMETALCES I Semis

KINGDOM OF THRACE - RHOEMETALCES I Semis AU/AU
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Estimate : 300 €
Price : no bid
Maximum bid : no bid
End of the sale : 28 July 2020 14:46:08
Type : Semis
Date: c. 11AC. - 12 AD.
Mint name / Town : Thrace
Metal : copper
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 4,10 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Très bel exemplaire, idéalement centré présentant un beau relief. Patine foncée
Catalogue references :
BMC.-  - RPC.1711  - GIC.-  - Cop.1192  - Evelpidis1124

Obverse

Obverse description : Tête diadémée de Rhoémétalcès à droite (O’).
Obverse legend : BASILEWS/ ROIMHTALKOU (Basileos Roimhtalkou).
Obverse translation : (roi Rhoémétalcès).

Reverse

Reverse description : Tête nue d’Auguste à droite (O°).
Reverse legend : KAISAROS SEBASTOU, (Kaisaros Sebastou).
Reverse translation : (César Auguste).

Commentary

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.

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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