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Uncertain mint, bronze coin — Bare head of Augustus (CN type 12866)

DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.

Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

11 BC to AD –12

Coin in bronze, dated 11 BC to AD –12. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 12866 (issuing authority type: city).

Obverse: Diademed head of Rhoemetalces I, right. Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ - ΡΟΙΜΗΤΑΛΚΟΥ. Reverse: Bare head of Augustus, right. Legend: ΚΑΙΣΑΡΟΣ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΥ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 6.68 g (from 1 recorded specimen) and a diameter of 21 mm (from 1 recorded specimen). Published references cited by the corpus: 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. 1719; Linked type corpus, RPC I, 1719.

Evidence at a glance

Linked sources
3
Photograph views
1
Catalogue references
2

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Historical context

Rhoemetalces I was king of the Sapaean kingdom of Thrace from 15 BC to AD 12. A loyal ally of Augustus, the first Roman emperor who ruled from 27 BC until AD 14, Rhoemetalces had fled Thrace during a revolt led by Vologases in 13 BC. Following the death of his nephew Rhescuporis II without an heir, Augustus restored the territory to Rhoemetalces's family, establishing him as king of all Thrace in 12 BC.

Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Recorded diameter
21 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
6.68 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Authority type
City

Design

Obverse type
Diademed head of Rhoemetalces I, right.
Reverse type
Bare head of Augustus, right.
Obverse legend
ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ - ΡΟΙΜΗΤΑΛΚΟΥ
Reverse legend
ΚΑΙΣΑΡΟΣ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΥ

Identification

How to identify
Check the mint name or ethnic, the reverse type and the legend together, then compare weight and module; types from the same mint often differ only in legend arrangement, magistrate names or control marks.
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/12866
Type corpus identifier
CN type 12866

Documentation checklist

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