cn type 5259
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cn type 5259

Coinage
 

Ruler: Rhoimetalkes II. (Thracian king)  

Date

c. 19-36 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΡΟΙΜΕΤΑΛΚΟΥ
Design
Jugate heads of Rhoemetalces II, wearing diadem, and of his queen, right.
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Reverse
Legend
ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΟΡΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡΟΣ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΥ
Design
Bare head of Tiberius, right.
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Persons

Sitter: Tiberius 🔍  

Sitter: Rhoimetalkes II. 🔍  

Authority: Rhoimetalkes II. 🔍  

Metrology
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 26 mm / Min: 23 mm
Average Weight
8.17 g (7x)
Axes
5 (4x) 6 (3x)
Citation

Burnett et al., RPC I: Roman Provincial Coinage. Vol. I: From the death of Caesar to the death of Vitellius: 44 BC-AD 69, London [u.a.] 1992 nr. 1721  ❐

Jurukova, Coins of the ancient Thracians [engl.] Transl. from the Bulgarian Yordanka Youroukova, 1976 nr. 201-202  ❐

Literature

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/1721 ❐

editions

cn.rhoemetalces_ii_sapaean_thrace.1_ed.1  🔍

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cn type 5259, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/5259 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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