E-auction 52-22719 - bpv_271058 - KINGDOM OF THRACE - RHOEMETALCES I Demi-unité
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| Estimate : | 250 € |
| Price : | 87 € |
| Maximum bid : | 125 € |
| End of the sale : | 14 April 2014 16:27:30 |
| bidders : | 7 bidders |
Type : Demi-unité
Date: c. 11AC. - 12 AD.
Mint name / Town : Thrace
Metal : copper
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,96 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan ovale, bien centré des deux côtés. Beaux portraits. Représentation inhabituelle au revers. Jolie patine vert olive, légèrement granuleuse
Catalogue references :
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°) ; devant le buste, un vase.
Reverse legend : KAISAROS SEBASTOU, (Kaisaros Sebastou).
Reverse translation : (César Auguste).
Commentary
Poids très léger. Pour ce type, les auteurs du Roman Imperial Coinage n’ont recensés que deux exemplaires avec le petit vase devant la tête d’Auguste, provenant du British Museum de Londres et du Cbinet des médailles de la BnF.
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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