RPC IX, 182

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 182
Province Northern Black Sea
Region Bosporus
City Kingdom of the Bosporus
Reign Rhescuporis V
Person (obv.) Rhescuporis V (king)
Issue Year ΖΜΦ = 547
Dating AD 250
Obverse inscription ΒΑϹΙΛΕωϹ ΡΗϹΚΟ(Υ)ΠΟΡ(ΙΔΟϹ)
Nominative Rex Rhescuporis
Obverse design laureate and draped bust of Rhescuporis V, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΖΜΦ
Reverse design laureate head of the Roman emperor, right; before, club
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 20 mm
Axis 2, 12
Reference Frolova pp. 140–1, pl. V.21–39, VI.1–16, LXXVI.22, LXXXII.5–9, Anokhin 698, Anokhin² 2042
Specimens 72 (5 in the core collections)
Note See Frolova pp. 140-1: 59 specimens recorded (16 obv. dies, 27 rev. dies)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1844,0425.1768
2 2     P: 320
3 3     P: 321
4 4     B: Rauch
5 5     Cop SNG 84
6 6 –10     Bosporus hoards, pp. 104–5, nos 32–6
11 11 –71     Bosporus hoards, pp. 74–5, nos 222–82
72 72     M&M GmbH 13, 9 Oct. 2003, lot 190