1084945 | ROMAN PROVINCIAL. THRACE. Rhoemetalces I. (King, 15 BC to 12 AD). Struck circa 11 BC - 12 AD. AE 26. NGC XF (Extremely Fine) Strike 4/5 Surface 4/5. 13.97gm. ΒΑΣΙΛΕ(ΩΣ) ΡΟΙΜΗΤΑΛΚΟΥ (King Rhoemetalces). Conjoined laureate bust of King Rhoemetalces I & Queen Pythodoris to right; RA on truncation and legend around within beaded circle / ΚΑΙΣΑΡΟΣ ΣΕΒ−ΑΣΤΟΥ (Caesar Augustus). Conjoined laureate bust of Emperor Augustus & Empress Livia; a small (capricorn) in field before portraits and legend around all within partially defined beaded circle. RPC I 1708; Yurukova 1824, 186.

Ex Nomisma/Artemide (May 2006) Lot 144.


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Rhoemetalces I was King of the Sapaean kingdom of Thrace from 15 BC to 12 AD and a loyal ally to the first Roman Emperor Augustus. He was descended from the Thracian King, Rhescuporis I. His his younger brother was Rhescuporis II; and his sister married to Cotys VII. His brother died in 13 BC, when he was slain in battle by Vologases, chief of the Thracian Bessi, leader in the revolt against the Romans in that year. During the revolt Rhoemetalces I and his family fled Thrace, returning only when it ended, and Augustus returned the kingdom to his family. Rhoemetalces I ruled Thrace until his death in 12 AD. Augustus then divided his realm into two separate kingdoms, one half for his son Cotys III to rule and the other half for Rhoemetalces's remaining brother Rhescuporis II. [Wikipedia]

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