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v43_0363 - KINGDOM OF THRACE - RHOEMETALCES I Semis

KINGDOM OF THRACE - RHOEMETALCES I Semis VF
MONNAIES 43 (2010)
Starting price : 110.00 €
Estimate : 500.00 €
Realised price : 110.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 400.00 €
Type : Semis
Date: c. 11AC. - 12 AD.
Mint name / Town : Thrace
Metal : copper
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 5,17 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan épais, bien centré. Beaux portraits. Patine noire
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse description : Tête diadémée de Rhoémétalcès à droite (O’) ; devant une petite tête de Kotys IV.
Obverse legend : BASILEWS/ ROIMHTALKOU (Basileos Roimhtalkou).
Obverse translation : (roi Rhoémétalcès).

Reverse


Reverse description : Tête nue d’Auguste à droite (O°) ; devant un petit capricorne.
Reverse legend : [KAISAROS SEBASTOU], (Kaisaros Sebastou).
Reverse translation : (César Auguste).

Commentary


Pour ce type, les auteurs du Roman Imperial Coinage ont recensés un unique exemplaire. Semble de la plus grande rareté. Manque à toutes les collections. Ce type avec une petite tête de Kotys doit être frappé à l’extrême fin du règne du roi de Thrace.

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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