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v29_0094 - KINGDOM OF THRACE - RHOEMETALCES I Dupondius

KINGDOM OF THRACE - RHOEMETALCES I Dupondius AU
MONNAIES 29 (2007)
Starting price : 280.00 €
Estimate : 450.00 €
Realised price : 280.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 351.00 €
Type : Dupondius
Date: c. 11AC. - 12 AD.
Mint name / Town : Thrace
Metal : copper
Diameter : 25,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 11,91 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et bien centré des deux côtés. Très beaux portraits. Remarquable exemplaire pour un bronze colonial. Magnifique patine vert olive foncé lissée
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse description : Têtes accolées de Rhoémétalcès et de Pythodoris diadémées à droite ; devant, dans le champ à droite, petite tête de Kotys IV à droite.
Obverse legend : BASILE-WS ROIMH-TALKOU (Basileos Roimhtalkou).
Obverse translation : (roi Rhoémétalcès).

Reverse


Reverse description : Bustes accolés d’Auguste lauré et de Livie diadémée et drapée à droite ; devant, dans le champ à droite, un petit capricorne.
Reverse legend : KAISAROS SEB-ASTOU, (Kaisaros Sebastou).
Reverse translation : (César auguste).

Commentary


Pour ce type, les auteurs du Roman Imperial Coinage ont recensés seulement neuf exemplaires avec un poids moyen de 12,21 g. Ce type avec la tête de Kotys IV au droit et le petit capricorne au revers est beaucoup plus rare.

Historical background


KINGDOM OF THRACE - RHOEMETALCES I

(11 BC - 12 AD)

Rhoemetalkes I, Pythodoris, Augustus and Livia

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 loyal 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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