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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cmezner, post: 3241379, member: 87809&quot;]Have a similar to the one posted by PeteB. The attribution I have found for Rhoemetalkes I and queen Pythodoris with Augustus say &quot;Kings of Thrace&quot;. Were the kings of Thrace also called Kings of Bosporus? </p><p>This is mine:Thrace, ca. 11 BC - 12 AD, Countermark X</p><p>22 mm, 10 g; </p><p>Ref.: RPC 1711 (same reference as the one given by PeteB)</p><p>Obverse: BAΣIΛEΩS POIMHTAΛKOY Jugate heads of Rhoemetalkes, with diadem, and his queen Pythodoris, draped, right.</p><p>Reverse: ΚΑΙΣΑΡΟΣ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΥ Bare head of Augustus right. Countermark X</p><p>the countermark X on the reverse could stand for the Legio Decima (X) Fretensis. The X Legio was participating in the fight against the Jewish revolt in Masada. May have been applied in connection with Trajan&#039;s Parthian campaign, although may just as well have been applied over a period of time. Since no countermarked coins are later than the reign of Domitian, the countermark was likely applied before the reign of Hadrian.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]848543[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]848544[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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