RPC II, 468


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Coin type
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Volume	II
Number	468
Province	Northern Black Sea
Region	Bosporus
City	Kingdom of the Bosporus
Reign	Rhescuporis II
Person (obv.)	Rhescuporis II (king)
Issue	Bronze: first series
Dating	AD 68/80
Obverse inscription	ΒΑϹΙΛΕωϹ ΡΗϹΚΟΥΠ[ΟΡΙΔΟϹ]
Edition	Βασιλέως Ῥησκουπορίδος
Translation	of King Rhescuporis
Obverse design	diademed and draped bust of Rhescuporis II, right
Reverse inscription	(to l., monogram) ΒΑ ΡΗ, ΚΔ (to r.)
Edition	Βα(σιλέως) Ῥη(σκουπόριδος) κδʹ
Translation	of King Rhescuporis, 24
Reverse design	veiled female head wearing kalathos, right,
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	24 mm
Average weight	6.43 g
Axis	12
Reference	Frolova pp. 96–7, Anokhin 374
Specimens	9 (2 in the core collections)