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VII.2, 1846
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Volume
VII.2
Number
1846
Province
Northern Black Sea
Region
Bosporus
City
Kingdom of the Bosporus
Reign
Rhescuporis V
Person (obv.)
Rhescuporis V (king)
Issue
Year ΘΛΦ = 539
Dating
AD 242/3
Obverse inscription
ΒΑϹΙΛƐⲰϹ ΡΗϹΚΟ(Υ)ΠΟΡ(ΙΔΟϹ)
Obverse design
laureate and draped bust of Rhescuporis V, r., seen from front
Reverse inscription
ΘΛΦ
Reverse design
laureate head of the Roman emperor, r.; before, club
Metal
Debased silver
Average diameter
20 mm
Average weight
7.10 g
Axis
11, 12
Reference
Frolova II, p. 129, pl. I; Anokhin² 2030; MacDonald,
Bosporus
601
Specimens
19
Note
Frolova II, p. 129, records 4 obv. dies and 6 rev. dies.
Specimens of this coin type
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Reverse
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Weight
Axis
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1
L: BNK,G.401
BMC 1
21
6.54
11
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2
P: 314
7.20
12
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3
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O
20
7.57
11
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4 –19
see Frolova II, p. 129
20
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