RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 85413)

Province Northern Black Sea
City Kingdom of the Bosporus 
Region Bosporus
Reign Teiranes
Obverse inscription ΒΑϹΙΛΕωϹ ΤΕΙΡΑΝΟΥ
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Teiranes, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΓΟΦ
Reverse design laureate and draped bust of Roman emperor, right

Coin no. — of RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 85413)

 

Reference Frolova 1997, II p. 284
Diameter 20
Weight 7.34
Axis
Note ΓΞΦ = 563 = AD 266. However, MacDonald points out (p. 116) that the style of this unique coin (from a 1958 hoard) is very different from other coins (of Rhescuporis) dated 563, and suggests that it is 'in all probability the result of an accidnetal subestitution of the middle numeral Ξ (60)' in place of Ο (70). It is certainly very puzzling.
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