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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cmezner, post: 8009056, member: 87809&quot;]The quality of portraits on the coins of Rhoemetalkes / Augustus ranges from clumsy and barbaric looking ones to ones of very sophisticated style, surely made by the hands of artists.</p><p><br /></p><p>Mine is also RPC 1711 with countermark &quot;X&quot; that can stand for the Legio Decima (X) Fretensis, found primarily on the coinage used in Judaea and Samaria and primarily connected with the Jewish wars of 66 - 73 AD and the following Roman occupation. The X Legio was participating in the fight against the Jewish revolt in Masada. Could have also been applied over a period of time, but since no counter-marked coins are later than the reign of Domitian, it is likely that it was applied before the reign of Hadrian.</p><p>Bought by my dad in the 70&#039;s for 250 CHF</p><p><br /></p><p>22 mm, 9.854 g</p><p>Thrace, ca. 11 BC - 12 AD</p><p>Ob.: BAΣIΛEΩS POIMHTAΛKOY Jugate heads of Rhoemetalkes, with diadem, and his queen Pythodoris, draped, right.</p><p>Rev.: ΚΑΙΣΑΡΟΣ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΥ Bare head of Augustus right. Countermark X</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]1389526[/ATTACH]&nbsp; [ATTACH=full]1389527[/ATTACH]</p><p>and&nbsp; an issue of Augustus and Rhoemetalkes:</p><p>Thrace, ca 11 BC - 12 AD</p><p>19 x 20 mm, 5.135 g</p><p>RPC 1718</p><p>Ob.: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΡOIMHTAΛKOΥ Diademed head of Rhoemetalkes right</p><p>Rev.: KAIΣAΡOΣ ΣEBAΣTOΥ Bare head of Augustus right;</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1389528[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1389529[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Bought by my dad from Schulman in 1976 for 200 HFl</p><p style="text-align: center"><br /></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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