v13_0136 - KINGDOM OF THRACE - RHOEMETALCES I Quadrans
MONNAIES 13 (2001)
Starting price : 60.98 €
Estimate : 121.96 €
Realised price : 105.19 €
Number of bids : 3
Maximum bid : 123.48 €
Starting price : 60.98 €
Estimate : 121.96 €
Realised price : 105.19 €
Number of bids : 3
Maximum bid : 123.48 €
Type : Quadrans
Date: c. 11AC. - 12 AD.
Mint name / Town : Thrace
Metal : copper
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 5,11 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Beaux portraits. Remarquable exemplaire pour un bronze colonial. Patine marron
Obverse
Obverse description : Tête nue de Rhométalcès à droite (O°).
Obverse legend : BASILEWS/ ROIMHTALKOU (Basileos Roimhtalkou)
Obverse translation : (roi Rhométalcès).
Reverse
Reverse description : Tête nue d’Auguste à droite (O°).
Reverse legend : KAISAROS SEBASTOU (Kaisaros Sebastou)
Reverse translation : (César Auguste).
Historical background
KINGDOM OF THRACE - RHOEMETALCES I
(11 BC - 12 AD)
Rhoemetalkes I, Pythodoris 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 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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