RPC II, 473

 

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Coin type
Volume II
Number 473
Province Northern Black Sea
Region Bosporus
City Kingdom of the Bosporus
Reign Rhescuporis II
Person (obv.) Rhescuporis II (king)
Issue Bronze: second series: second group
Dating AD 80/90 (?)
Obverse inscription ΤΙΒΕΡΙΟϹ ΙΟΥΛΙΟϹ ΒΑϹΙΛΕΥϹ ΡΗϹΚΟΥΠΟΡΙϹ
Obverse design king Rhescuporis II standing, right, left foot on prisoner kneeling; on right, trophy; on left, another kneeling prisoner, hands tied behind his back
Reverse inscription Μ-Η (in field)
Reverse design Nike standing, left, holding wreath and palm
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Axis 12
Reference Frolova p. 100, Anokhin 380
Specimens 26 (5 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 145
2 2     Cop SNG 33
3 3     L BMC 8
4 4     L BMC 9
5 5     L BMC 10
6 6 –25     see Frolova p. 100 and pl. III, 10–20
26 26     Leeds-UL: 1486