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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 4054648, member: 75937&quot;]Attributing these coins is not as straightforward as one might think.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a similar coin, but it&#039;s unclear who is on the coin because <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/augustus-or-tiberius-pythodoris-rhoemetalkes-i-or-ii.299097/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/augustus-or-tiberius-pythodoris-rhoemetalkes-i-or-ii.299097/">experts disagree</a>. Augustus or Tiberius? Rhoemetalkes I or his grandson, Rhoemetalkes II? Pythodoris, the wife of Rhoemetalkes I or some other Pythodoris?</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/rhoemetalkes-and-pythodoris-jpg.828499/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Kings of Thrace under Roman rule.</p><p>AE 24 mm, 6.88 g.</p><p>Obv: ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΟ[ΡΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡΟΣ ΣΕΒΑΣ]ΤΟΥ, bare head of Augustus or Tiberius, right.</p><p>Rev: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩ[Σ ΡΟΙΜΗΤΑΛΚΟΥ], jugate bust of Rhoemetalkes I or II, diademed, and queen (Pythodorus?), right.</p><p>Refs: BMC 3.209,23; Sear GI 5405; Youroukova 201; Forrer 207.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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