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| O: diademed draped bust of Rhoemetalces III
BAΣIΛEYΣ POIMHTAΛKAΣ |
R: laureate head of Caligula |
| Bronze coin struck in Thrace 38-41 AD. Coin became rusty probably due to depositing in acid soil.
ref.: Caligula RPC 1723; BMC 2; Moushmov 5805 | |
Rhoemetalces III (Greek: Ῥoιμητάλκης) was a King of the Sapaean Thracians. He was the son of the Monarch Rhescuporis II. In association with his wife Pythodoris II (daughter of his cousin Cotys III), they were client rulers of the Sapaean kingdomofThrace under the Romans from AD 38 to 46, in succession to Pythodoris' mother Tryphaena and Pythodoris' brother Rhoemetalces II.
Rhoemetalces III was murdered in 46, by insurgents or on the orders of his wife. The subsequent fate of Pythodoris II is unknown; it seems he did not have any children with his cousin. Thrace became incorporated into the Roman Empire as a province.
Remetalk PointonLivingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica is named after him.
Rhoemetalces III Born: unknown Died:46 | ||
| Preceded by | Co-ruler of Thrace with Pythodoris II 38 –46 |
Succeeded by annexed into Roman Empire |
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