RPC IX, 193

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 193
Province Northern Black Sea
Region Bosporus
City Kingdom of the Bosporus
Reign Rhescuporis V
Person (obv.) Rhescuporis V (king)
Issue Year ΗΜΦ = 548
Dating AD 251
Obverse inscription ΒΑϹΙΛΕωϹ ΡΗϹΚΟ(Υ)ΠΟΡ(ΙΔΟϹ)
Nominative Rex Rhescuporis
Obverse design laureate and draped bust of Rhescuporis V, right, seen from front; before, sceptre or club
Reverse inscription ΗΜΦ
Reverse design laureate head of the Roman emperor, right; before, trident
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 19 mm
Axis 1
Reference Bosporus hoards, p. 77, nos 362–6, Anokhin 699г, Anokhin² 2049
Specimens 6 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: Löbb.
2 2     Bosporus hoards, p. 77, no. 362
3 3     ✸ Bosporus hoards, p. 77, no. 363
4 4 –6     Bosporus hoards, p. 77, nos 364–6