v43_0363 - KINGDOM OF THRACE - RHOEMETALCES I Semis
MONNAIES 43 (2010)
Starting price : 110.00 €
Estimate : 500.00 €
Realised price : 110.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 400.00 €
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.
For this type, the authors of the Roman Imperial Coinage have recorded a single example. It appears to be extremely rare. Missing from all collections. This type with a small head of Kotys must have been struck at the very end of the reign of the king of Thrace.
For this type, the authors of the Roman Imperial Coinage have recorded a single example. It appears to be extremely rare. Missing from all collections. This type with a small head of Kotys must have been struck at the very end of the reign of the king of 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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