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Stater - Rhoemetalces Antoninus
| Issuer | Bosporan Kingdom (Bosporos) |
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| Year | 150 |
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| Value | Stater (1) |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
| Obverse lettering | ΒΑϹΙΛΕωϹ ΡΟΙΜΗΤΑΛΚΟΥ (Translation: [coin] of King Rhoemetalces) |
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Rhoemetalces ruled the Bosporan Kingdom as a client king under Rome, and this issue dates to a period when the Bosporan gold stater had already evolved into something distinct from its Macedonian predecessors — a hybrid coinage that fused Hellenistic weight standards with explicit Roman imperial imagery, reflecting the political reality of a kingdom that survived by making its dependence visible. The type corresponds to the reign of Antoninus Pius in Rome, whose likeness Bosporan dynasts routinely incorporated as a form of loyalty signaling to their overlord.
Anokhin distinguishes three die varieties within this group, catalogued as 1678–1680.