RPC II, 453

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 453
Province Northern Black Sea
Region Bosporus
City Kingdom of the Bosporus
Reign Rhescuporis II
Person (obv.) Vespasian (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Titus (Caesar)
Issue Year ΘΞΤ = 369
Dating AD 72
Obverse inscription
Obverse design laureate head of Vespasian, right
Reverse inscription (to l., monogram) ΒΑ ΡΗ, (below) ΘΞΤ
Edition Βασιλέως Ῥησκουπόριδος θξτʹ Βα(σιλέως) Ῥη(σκουπόριδος) θξτʹ
Translation of King Rhescuporis, (year) 369
Reverse design head of Titus (?), right
Metal debased gold
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 7.86 g
Axis 12
Reference Anokhin 356, Anokhin (2011)  1460
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     Frolova pp. 93–4
2 2     ✸ CNG 100, 7 Oct. 2015, lot 243