RPC IX, 181

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 181
Province Northern Black Sea
Region Bosporus
City Kingdom of the Bosporus
Reign Rhescuporis V
Person (obv.) Rhescuporis V (king)
Issue Year ΖΜΦ = 547
Dating AD 250
Obverse inscription ΒΑϹΙΛΕωϹ ΡΗϹΚΟ(Υ)ΠΟΡ(ΙΔΟϹ)
Edition Βασιλέως Ῥησκουπορίδος
Translation of King Rhescuporis
Obverse design laureate and draped bust of Rhescuporis V, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΖΜΦ
Edition ζμφʹ
Translation 547
Reverse design laureate head of the Roman emperor, right
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 7.26 g
Reference Frolova p. 143, pl. VII.2, Anokhin² 2041
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ St Petersburg: 175/29216 Frolova p. 143, pl. VII.2