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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3198975, member: 19463&quot;]My coin show Saturday produced three bronzes of which two were the same land and two of which were by a king named Rhoemetalkes but the two of the name were not from the same land.</p><p><br /></p><p>Rhoemetalkes of Thrace was a loyal puppet of Rome during the time of Augustus.&nbsp; We have had posts before here on Coin Talk showing his issues with four heads including his queen and Livia, the wife of Augustus.&nbsp; This AE18 shows only the two men.&nbsp; I was attracted to it by the legible legends. </p><p>Rhoemetalkes of Thrace / Caesar Augustus AE18 11BC-12AD</p><p>[ATTACH=full]827452[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The second Rhoemetalkes coin is from the kingdom of the Bosporos 131-153 AD.&nbsp; I do not know the exact relationship between the two kings.&nbsp; The reverse shows a group of smaller objects: shield, spear, helmet, horsehead, axe and sword in scabbard.&nbsp; The AE 27 coin is marked MH for the denomination 48.&nbsp; Most Bosposos bronzes I have seen show signs of smoothing or tooling.&nbsp; This is no exception but is not as bad as some.&nbsp; I wonder if cleaning these coins is a cottage industry in that region.&nbsp; It is unusual to see a &#039;crustie&#039;.</p><p>Kingdom of the Bosporos, Rhoemetalkes, 48 nummi</p><p>[ATTACH=full]827453[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The other Bosporos coin is slightly later and has a legend P&nbsp; MΔ which is Greek for 144.&nbsp; The coin is a smaller diameter (25mm) making one wonder about the events relating to denominations in the 20 years between thee two coins.&nbsp; Is the P not for 100 so this is just a 44 nummi or was there a complete currency reorganization?&nbsp; These are coins requiring more study when time allows. </p><p><br /></p><p>Kingdom of the Boporos, Sauromates II 174-210AD / eagle</p><p>[ATTACH=full]827458[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I recall Stevex6 liked these.&nbsp; Did anyone here buy his?</p><p><br /></p><p>Update:</p><p>Memo to self: Never bother posting on Bosporos again.&nbsp; This post made it off the first page with zero comments.&nbsp; Doing that over on Forvm is not all that hard but it is a bit unusual on Coin Talk.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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