11 BC - 12 AD

Rhoemetalces I   Rex Thraciae
Ροιμητάλκης Α'   Βασιλέας Θράκης
 AE 22
 SHH 4808

cleaned
4808 Rhoemetalces I Rex Thraciae AE

ground
4808 Rhoemetalces I Rex Thraciae AE ground

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Obverse
Reverse

Notes
Reference



Acquired
 6.34 g   21.8-22.8 mm   1.9 eqmm   6:00 o'clock   G
σmax(SigmaTest, 240 Hz) = 16.1 MS/m

cleaned:
t = 3.2-4.3 mm  w = 7.11 g  ρ = 8,03 g/cm^3  σ(960 Hz) obv. 12.0-15.5 rev. 12.6-15.7 MS/m
                                                                  σ(120 Hz) obv.               rev. 13.0-15.6 MS/m
XRF %
 Au
 Ag
 Cu
 Sn
 Zn
 Pb
 As
S
 Cl
 P
 Na
 Ca
 Fe
 Si Sb
obv. 0.0 0.0
 92.1
 0.0
 0.0 4.1
 0.0
0.8
 0.3
 0.4
 0.0
 0.5
 0.0
 0.4
 0.0
rev.
 0.1 0.0
 90.4
 0.0
 0.0
 3.4
 0.0
0.9
 0.3
 0.3
 1.9
 0.5
 0.1
 0.7
 0.0

Bust of Augustus right; [ΚΑΙΣΑΡΟΣ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΥ] clockwise around; border of dots.
Jugate busts of Rhoemetalkes and Pythodoris right;
[ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΡΟΙΜΗΤΑΛΚΟΥ] clockwise around; border of dots.
Coin surfaces roughly ground to remove the patina.
Ashmolean IV ---; BMC Thrace 4/6; Copenhagen II 1188; Evelpidis I 1121;
Head p.286; Lindgren I 912; Lewis 1227; Moushmov 5784; RPC I 1711;
Sear Greek Imperial 5396 variant; Stancomb 905/906; Tübingen II 972/973;
Youroukova 206/208 (Rhoemetalkes II / Tiberius, 19-36 AD)
6.5.2012