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Kings of the Bosporos, Eunice (wife of Kotys I) Æ 24 Units. Circa AD 63-68. Pentastyle temple on five steps; KA-ΠΕ across fields / Monogram of Eunice above KΔ (mark of value); all within wreath. SNG Stancomb 974; MacDonald 337/1; Frolova/Ireland pl. 58, 2-13; RPC I 1931. 5.77g, 22mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Rare.
From the Italo Vecchi Collection;
Ex Bertolami Fine Arts - ACR Auctions, Auction 67, 11 July 2019, lot 535;
Ex Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung, Auction 181, 12 October 2009, lot 1723.
Although uncertain, it has been suggested that the temple depicted on the obverse of this type is the Temple of Jupiter Capitolinus in Rome, the most sacred of Roman religious buildings, the "KA-ΠE" across the fields making reference to the god himself.
Good Very Fine. Rare.
From the Italo Vecchi Collection;
Ex Bertolami Fine Arts - ACR Auctions, Auction 67, 11 July 2019, lot 535;
Ex Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung, Auction 181, 12 October 2009, lot 1723.
Although uncertain, it has been suggested that the temple depicted on the obverse of this type is the Temple of Jupiter Capitolinus in Rome, the most sacred of Roman religious buildings, the "KA-ΠE" across the fields making reference to the god himself.