RPC II, 476

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 476
Province Northern Black Sea
Region Bosporus
City Kingdom of the Bosporus
Reign Rhescuporis II
Person (obv.) Rhescuporis II (king)
Issue Bronze: second series: third group
Dating AD 80/90 (?)
Obverse inscription ΤΙΒΕΡΙΟϹ ΙΟΥΛΙΟϹ ΒΑϹΙΛΕΥϹ ΡΗϹΚΟΥΠΟΡΙϹ
Edition Τιβέριος Ἰούλιος βασιλεὺς Ῥησκούπορις Τιβέριος Ἰούλιος βασιλεὺς Ῥησκούπορις
Translation Tiberius Julius King Rhescuporis
Obverse design king Rhescuporis II seated, right, on curule chair, holding sceptre with king's head at top; in right field, monogram
Reverse inscription ΤΕΙΜΑΙ ΒΑϹΙΛΕωϹ ΡΗϹΚΟΥΠΟΡΙΔΟϹ, Μ-Η (in field)
Edition τείμαι βασιλέως Ῥησκούποριδος μηʹ τείμαι βασιλέως Ῥησκούποριδος μηʹ
Translation in honor of King Rhescuporis, 48
Reverse design shield with spear in centre; helmet and sword in scabbard, right; horse's head and axe
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 16.60 g
Axis 12
Reference Frolova pp. 101–2, Anokhin 375
Specimens 9 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 138
2 2 –7     see Frolova pp. 101–2 and pl. IV, 1–6
8 8     ✸ Numismatik Naumann 58, 1 Oct. 2017, lot 236
9 9     A. Tricarico coll.