RPC II, 479

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 479
Province Northern Black Sea
Region Bosporus
City Kingdom of the Bosporus
Reign Rhescuporis II
Person (obv.) Rhescuporis II (king)
Issue Bronze: third series
Dating AD 90(?)/93
Obverse inscription ΤΙΒΕΡΙΟϹ ΙΟΥΛΙΟϹ ΒΑϹΙΛΕΥϹ ΡΗϹΚΟΥΠΟΡΙϹ
Obverse design diademened and draped bust of king Rhescuporis II, right; in right field, trident; in left field, club
Reverse inscription Μ-Η (in field)
Reverse design Nike standing, left, holding wreath and palm
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 12
Reference Frolova p. 103, Anokhin 384
Specimens 8 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 141
2 2     L BMC 6
3 3 –7     see Frolova pp. 103 and pl. IV, 17–19
8 8     eBay March 2023 - tilubi-0